Do you get PCR tests quite regularly?

[YeOldeTrout]

Is a claim made on another thread. Suppose "quite regularly" means at least once every 3 months. Does that describe you?

I'm having one a week at the moment due to taking part in the ONS study. I've had about 3 Paces separate to that in the last couple of months, one due to symptoms, one due to a false positive on a LFT and one due to close contact and be being single vaccine dosed.

PCRs, not Paces.....

We have about 1 every 3 weeks since kids went back to school. Latest ones are positive

Yes because we have under 5s on the house who seem to get temperatures or coughs from one virus or another every 3 or 4 weeks and then pass it round the family!

I have between 10 and 15 covid positive secondary school age pupils in my classroom every week - for some reason.nostly.the ones at the front. Yes I PCR fairly regularly.

I don't know why it's ok for me to be in this situation tbh.

Ds had one a week last Thursday and last Friday at the schools request there are so many positive cases in his year they are ALL close contacts now so its daily lateral flow tests and weekly pcr tests

Yep. Ex smoker so any whiff of an infection goes straight to my chest. My last PCR the woman at the drive through centre looked at my passenger seat stocked with baby wipes, mask, hand gel etc and said "ooh, you've been here before!".
DH will catch the same viruses as me and they make him snotty so he's done barely any in comparison.

I've never had any symptoms so have never tested. Nor have I been knowingly in contact with anyone with it.

About every fortnight right now. Either because one of the teenagers I tutor gets it and I have recently spent an hour face-to-face with them or because I have got another random virus that gives symptoms like a cough. I'm just getting over my second cold since beginning of September.

I've not had one

None of my family have had to have a PCR so far

I've only had one due to close contact. I haven't had Covid symptoms so haven't had to test for that reason.

I've had two due to being a close contact at work. I haven't had any covid or cold symptoms since March 2020 (covid as I still have antibodies) so no other reason to get one.

Had my first one last weekend after travelling abroad.

Pretty amazing considering I work in the NHS.

Never had a PCR but have done weekly LFTs. DH has had quite a few PCRs but no LFTs.

Up until August I was having 3 a week, compulsory at work.

Since then I’ve been having one every few weeks, every time I fly over to the UK. That will too stop from next week, when they stop being compulsory for incoming passengers.

Had my first one last week as ds tested positive. Ds has had 2 before then and dd has had 3 all due to symptoms and one close contact

I'm on the Zoe app, and they seem to ask you to do a pcr with various symptoms including headaches-which I get a fair number. I'd guess I end up doing 1-2 a month.

I did at one point think that if I knew why I had a headache/migraine (I know my triggers) then maybe I shouldn't do them, but then thought that if you never do them unless you think it is covid then it may not be as good for their statistics.
However I don't normally do a second one within a short length of time if it's similar symptoms.

Haven't had even one yet

Never had 1

No, none at all. Not had any symptoms, and not been in contact with anyone who has tested positive.

Once when son and husband were positive

Yep. Once a week and 2 lft a week due to working in care

I have 2 a week for my job. Also very regular lateral flow tests.

One a week and 2 LFT’s for work.
It’s quality family time, the kids doing their LFT’s for school, and me doing mine for work round the breakfast table.
Making memories COVID style, what could be better