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following double vaccination - LFT and testing of people without symptoms needs to stop

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NotSoLongGoodbye · 02/07/2021 10:56

Seriously if we want a semblance of normality, kids to be in school, people to be able to earn a living, etc etc we need to stop the obsessive testing of people who have no symptoms.

The most we test the more cases are found, around and around we go with restrictions. Why are we persisting in testing people who are well? What does it achieve? Contact tracing doesn't work, it is too late often by the time they contact close contacts, people have been out and about as usual.

Once people have had both vaccines we need to stop with the LFT except in certain professions e.g. frontline NHS/care staff who may be working with the vulnerable, and stop the automatic PCR testing of close contacts.

We missed the boat on quarantine and closing borders. Covid is everywhere now regardless of what we and treat it like other similar illnesses. This is just my view, appreciate people may have others ... but if you disagree what do you think we should do? How do you think testing is helping?

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MRex · 02/07/2021 14:47

I think more research is needed on the level of infectious dose needed to cause an infection, and the viral load of asymptomatic cases. If a high enough proportion of double jabbed and/or asymptomatic cases have a very low viral load, then it's pointless catching those cases and tests should consider higher levels of viral load only as being significant. Basically - stop the superspreaders and let the rest go. That wouldn't help though if the infectious dose is tiny and below the viral load of the asymptomatic cases. It would be nice if it were the former though.

luckylavender · 02/07/2021 14:47

@NotSoLongGoodbye - I'm perfectly able to articulate it thank you, but there seems so little point if you don't understand asymptomatic transmission by now. Everyone laughed at Trump when he he said the problem was the testing and yet here you are.

AnyFucker · 02/07/2021 15:24

Mass Testing when the only weapons in our arsenal were isolation and “protecting” the NHS from getting overwhelmed

Both of these things no longer apply so our focus has to shift. Carrying on in the same way despite all adults being vaccinated is overkill, will bankrupt us eventually and decimate the health care in this country far more than COVID ever did

Inastatus · 02/07/2021 15:42

@AnyFucker - totally agree with your last post.

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