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So is everyone going to do twice weekly LFT?

172 replies

SonnetForSpring · 14/05/2021 17:55

As Boris has requested. I am.

OP posts:
Overthebow · 14/05/2021 18:13

Yes. I really, really want 21st June open ending. I hope everyone does the testing so we at least stand a chance of reopening.

Lazypuppy · 14/05/2021 18:21

Nope

hamstersarse · 14/05/2021 18:22

Nope...unless I get some symptoms

RuleWithAWoodenFoot · 14/05/2021 18:22

They aren't for symptoms.

I do them for work anyway.

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 14/05/2021 18:23

Nope

Getyourarseofffthequattro · 14/05/2021 18:23

Nope.

TooManyPlatesInMotion · 14/05/2021 18:25

I'll take a covid test only if I have symptoms.

InTheNightWeWillWish · 14/05/2021 18:26

I’m only doing them because I’m pregnant and obviously the health professionals I’m coming into contact with also be having contact with many other pregnant women.

If it wasn’t for that, I probably wouldn’t but we both work from home, have no children and live in a low case area.

Ratatattatpat · 14/05/2021 18:26

No

jumpbounce · 14/05/2021 18:26

All those saying 'Nope' I hope the same names don't appear giving off about the road map being postponed or even rolled back and their freedoms being snatched away Hmm

RoseRedRoseBlue · 14/05/2021 18:26

Nope, this money could be far, far better spent elsewhere.

TheAlphaandtheOmega · 14/05/2021 18:27

No

Getyourarseofffthequattro · 14/05/2021 18:27

@jumpbounce

All those saying 'Nope' I hope the same names don't appear giving off about the road map being postponed or even rolled back and their freedoms being snatched away Hmm
Ah yeah because testing will stop that happening. I'm sure all the positives that come from it will have far more effect on a further lockdown.
Tealightsandd · 14/05/2021 18:27

I'm not sure it's a good idea. Aren't they really inaccurate? They can give false positives - and even more dangerously, false negatives.

covetingthepreciousthings · 14/05/2021 18:28

We already are.

PeskyRooks · 14/05/2021 18:28

I already am as are my two secondary school dc

CrunchyCarrot · 14/05/2021 18:28

No. Since I'm house bound and don't see anyone apart from DP (and he is working from home) I don't see the need for it.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 14/05/2021 18:29

Yes, I want to do my part in helping minimise transmission while starting to do things I enjoy. It takes no time at all (if you don't bother registering each negative test which is a stupid faff)

kowari · 14/05/2021 18:29

No, I don't want to increase my contribution to landfill waste.

Spikeyball · 14/05/2021 18:30

Ds has them at school and I don't see anyone outside my household and won't be doing indoor dining out etc so not much point.

jumpbounce · 14/05/2021 18:30

Well there would be much less positives if they were detected and the people self isolated then in general there would be far less positives than just ignoring it and carrying on spreading it to far more people. LFT don't catch every positive but even a small percentage of people who wouldn't have otherwise known they were postive, self isolating them will have an impact on overall positives.

Sparechange · 14/05/2021 18:30

No
I’ve got antibodies from when I had covid, I’ve been jabbed

The chances of me having it are so small, and the tests are so inaccurate, it can’t justify the cost of the tests

Temp023 · 14/05/2021 18:31

Well it will make use of the 13 unused test kits DD has on her bedside table.

PurpleDaisies · 14/05/2021 18:31

Yes, I’ve been doing this ever since it started.

TeaMilkNonePlease · 14/05/2021 18:32

We already are, daughter for school, husband for work, me because I can.
It's hardly onerous and the data must be useful.

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