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

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No.

No chance.

No. I don't go out enough for it to matter, I'd only test if I knew I was going to see people.

@GiveMeNovocain becuase, because this is the one suggestion (apart from vaccines) that I've heard that sounds both achievable and sensible to keep cases down. It's not sustainable much longer to keep people form seeing others. This can replace that and help to keep cases low enough. The vaccines are great but not enough are vaccinated yet to have a big enough impact. That will come, but until then this is an actually sensible suggestion we can do so that we can get back some normality. I want a good spring/summer and can see this as a way to achieve that.

No. Will be used to inflate case numbers to keep lockdown going, stop kids going to school and get more money in Tory pockets.

@en0la

I'm not convinced the tests work, high school of 1300 and they all tested negative.

maybe none of them had it?

Yes

Yes

No, I've been doing enough "greater good" for a year now.

Yes, have been twice weekly since January.
I work in a school and we've already had a member of staff test positive this month on a lateral flow at home, backed up by a PCR test. That member if staff was asymptomatic, so would have come in and potentially infected certain staff and pupils. Fortunately, thanks to the home LFT's, it meant they did not come in to school.
I understand it is personal choice, but believe that widespead testing and vaccination is our way out of this as a community and a nation.
I also believe that there should be adequate SSP in place so as not to negatively impact an employee and no employment sanctions for any legitimate and necessary isolations.

Yes

Yes I am as a parent of primary school children anyway .

Yes, I'd happily do this.

Yes. Why wouldn't I?

No

No.

@CaribGrackle an others asking why would you.

In case I have asymptomatic covid and pass it on to somone and the get really ill or die. Or the person/people I give it to also get asymptomatic covid and pass it on etc. Surely it's fairly obvious that the point of testing?

No

It is already recommended/available in my area.

Yes .

I do already as have a primary age child. I have no problem with it .

[quote Racoonworld]@GiveMeNovocain becuase, because this is the one suggestion (apart from vaccines) that I've heard that sounds both achievable and sensible to keep cases down. It's not sustainable much longer to keep people form seeing others. This can replace that and help to keep cases low enough. The vaccines are great but not enough are vaccinated yet to have a big enough impact. That will come, but until then this is an actually sensible suggestion we can do so that we can get back some normality. I want a good spring/summer and can see this as a way to achieve that.[/quote]
Nonsense. Look at the numbers in Wales. We're doing so well they've got rid of the indicators and told us normality won't return this year.

Yes, we’ll be doing it.

At the moment DD is doing the school testing, then when term ends DH and I will take over and do our own. I have the kits already. Currently DD is the only one actually having contact with people but it will be nice to give her a break from the tests while she’s off school; I assume they’ll want a couple done before they all go back in though

@GiveMeNovocain I'm not in Wales. I'm in England where the roadmap is more optimistic, with normality estimated for late June. I'd like that to happen, if this can make it happen I'm all for it.

Yes I’m already doing it as a parent of a Primary School child.

Any one know how much each covid test costs the nhs? If they are say £10 a go that is around £40m x 2 x 52 x 10 so around £41 billion a year.

This is about a quarter of the nhs annual budget. I am unclear how this represents value for money gaving that test and trace has been shown to have no clear impact.

If it would help get life back to normal, then yes.
However, if I had to self isolate while I waited for the result, they no.
The last test my DH took, we never heard back. Kept chasing. In the end they admitted it hadn’t been analysed and was now too old.