Yes or No Answers Only. If regular asymptomatic testing is recommended for all adults will you test twice a week?

[GCSE2024]

No.

Yes - I'm a parent of primary aged children so I'm already doing this.

Yes - have been since January.

@sunflowersandbuttercups

No, I do understand that the lack of financial support from government is a massive problem here. I am also self-employed and if I don't work, I earn nothing.

My point is that by refusing to test because you might have to take time off work, you are potentially causing this to go on longer, meaning that you are even more likely to continually have to take unpaid time off in the future for isolation or actually being ill, because numbers of cases will be higher and you will be more likely to come into contact with a positive case. It's not just about the greater good. You are actually making yourself worse off long term by trying to avoid taking time off now.

Yes

[quote Buzzinwithbez]I would if I was reassured that there are no or only safe residual levels of the gas used to sterilise them.
analyteguru.com/fighting-covid-19-the-double-face-of-ethylene-oxide-eo/

www.medicaldesignandoutsourcing.com/cdc-ethylene-oxide-may-have-more-health-effects-than-cancer/[/quote]
@Buzzinwithbez wait a minute, why is this the first I've heard about this and why is no one else questioning this? We are being asked to put a cancer causing chemical up our children's nose and mouth twice a week?
Well I'm flabbergasted and off to do some research...

Yes

Yes

No. I think we should all be giving more consideration to all the plastic waste we are creating.

No

Yes. I do for work anyway.

No. I have been doing so since January (education setting). Today I informed my line manager that I'll be opting out after the Easter break.
I have had such bad reactions to taking the tests, and I mean continuous sneezing for over 8 hours, followed by blocked sinuses and irritation that roll over into the next day.
Not worth it for a test that's so notoriously unreliable.

@FreedomFollows thanks, I wasn't aware of this. But honestly with everything else I've seen and heard over the past year I am not surprised to hear it at all.

No

Is anyone keeping count? 😂

I work in a school so have been doing this for the last few weeks, to protect your children. DD goes to school so does it to protect her friends and teachers. It's not particularly pleasant but neither are these endless lockdowns and seeing the economy crash around us. It takes us about 10 mins twice a week. Why would you not?

No

LFT tests done at home have to be confirmed by a PCR.
More likely you get false negatives than positive.

Yes

Yes and have been

@Katie517

No there is no need, we need to stop treating healthy people as though they are sick! Asymptomatic spread has been debunked several times.

Your source for this please, @Katie517 ?

@DoggyDoolittle

www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4695

I would in theory but it's so unpleasant that I flinch and fag. I'm a wuss apparently. My dh had to hold me still last time!

No

[quote SpnBaby1967]@DoggyDoolittle

www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4695[/quote]
have you read the report? It's really not a 'debunking'.

For a start: "The researchers said that their findings did not show that the virus couldn’t be passed on by asymptomatic carriers, and they didn’t suggest that their findings were generalisable."

And: "But, he added, “there is plenty of evidence elsewhere showing that people infected with covid-19 may be temporarily asymptomatic and infectious, before going on to develop symptoms.”

Also: Song said, “It is very important to say that these asymptomatic cases were identified shortly after the relaxation of a very stringent lockdown in Wuhan that lasted more than 70 days. By then, the epidemic in Wuhan had been effectively brought under control. It is too early to be complacent, because of the existence of asymptomatic positive cases and high level of susceptibility in residents in Wuhan.”

[quote bonbonours]@sunflowersandbuttercups

No, I do understand that the lack of financial support from government is a massive problem here. I am also self-employed and if I don't work, I earn nothing.

My point is that by refusing to test because you might have to take time off work, you are potentially causing this to go on longer, meaning that you are even more likely to continually have to take unpaid time off in the future for isolation or actually being ill, because numbers of cases will be higher and you will be more likely to come into contact with a positive case. It's not just about the greater good. You are actually making yourself worse off long term by trying to avoid taking time off now.[/quote]
I'm not, though.

I don't see anyone except DH. I work a job where I'm alone all day and get my food shopping delivered.

My risk of being infected is absolutely teeny tiny.

I also don't understand the argument of "you're making things worse in the long run" - taking time off in the short term when I'm not unwell and have no symptoms just isn't feasible.

I'd lose clients and my business would fold. There would be no long term situation for me because I'd no longer have a business.