Is there any point having a PCR

[Werk]

DH has had symptoms since Monday, his LFTs remained negative until this morning. He has been isolating since Monday anyway and works from home usually so no change there. He didn't do much over the weekend either as we were just at home decorating so he has only been in contact with us and B&Q in a week.

He is a pain for always wanting to go against the grain and refuses to get a PCR test.
Whereas I am always keen to follow the rules and so really want him to get one. He says it is now too late.

Both double vaccinated and I had Covid 4 months ago.

Should be get one?

My husband and I both double jabbed and he had symptoms on Sunday, tested Monday, positive result on Tuesday. I then had positive LFT Tuesday , tested positive PCR Weds. He should be having PCR and self-isolating if positive

I got a pcr early on when dd tested positive, I was negative and by the time I got symptoms I was so fed up of test and trace I didn' t do any more tests. I just assumed I had it and walked the dog for a week on an empty field instead of down the street.

We're not testing anymore now , done with it. Will just avoid people when we get ill. Which we should anyway . But I wfh so I think that's fine- and it's all over schools so pointless trying to isolate children

@PrincessNutNuts

If he gets Long Covid, not having any evidence that he's actually had covid complicates matters and makes everything harder.

I see this said all the time on here, and its just nonsense! As if a doctor would look at a set of symptoms and say "hmm, looks like Long Covid, but as you have nothing in your records to say you have Covid, you can't access treatment". Given that there will be many people at the start of the pandemic who had it and weren't able to get tests, and many more people now who might have it and not have symptoms (but still later suffer Long Covid), the idea that accessing medical treatment without the results of a PCR test might be difficult or complicated is just plain ridiculous.

If your planning on going abroad in the next 3 months i would strongly suggest you get a pcr now. At the moment you have to do pcrs for travel unless you have proof of previously having covid and recovering. And they ask you not to do a pcr within 90 days of having covid as it can still detect covid I’m your system and give you a positive test.