@bonbonours
Who people are so short sighted. "I can't afford to take time off due to a positive asymptomatic result". So you would rather spread it around so more people are off for two weeks? Or what if you catch it and are actually sick for several weeks because someone else didn't want to do testing? Allowing asymptomatic cases to spread will just prolong restrictions.
I'm so fucking sick of comments like this.
If the government don't want asymptomatic cases to spread, then they need to pay every single person in the country to isolate when they test positive. I mean, it would be easy enough to implement such a scheme - if you test positive, you could receive a link to access 10 days of financial support.
As it is, people who are self-employed don't get anything. Not even the pittance of SSP. They get nothing. How do you expect people to live if they don't receive income for days on end?
If you're employed, you at least get sick pay, even if it's SSP. You have the security of knowing your job will still be there when your isolation is over. If you're self-employed, going off sick for 10 days last minute could mean your business goes under.
It's fuck all to do with being short-sighted, and everything to do with making sure you can pay the bills and put food on the table.