Are you testing regularly?

[Marianne1234]

My understanding is that we are meant to be testing twice weekly with lateral flows. We haven’t been doing this. In real life I don’t know anyone who is doing this.

I tested my youngest a few weeks ago when she had a temperature and it was positive. But I only tested her because she had symptoms. We tested in the couple of weeks following that (following negative PCRs) and we never did get it (somehow!) but now we are not testing any more.

I just don’t really want to go looking for it, in all honesty. From where I am it looks like a lot of people are doing the same.

@BubblingRiver

Pretty much all doctors think everyone will catch covid so I genuinely don't understand why people are testing and isolating for a virus every human being will contract. The logic last year was to allow the vulnerable to get jabbed so why are people isolating if we accept we will all get it and all those that can have the vaccine have had the vaccine? What is the end game exactly?

As you’ve clearly been living under a rock recently (or maybe for a while) let me tell you about a new variant named Omicron. It apparently transmits at great speed and does pretty well against the standard two doses of vaccine. So we’re trying to get as many people boosted as possible because a third dose is much more effective.

Also not sure if you’ve heard but covid can be pretty fatal for some people. Fortunately a minority but still serious and fatal enough that our hospitals can get full of covid patients pretty quickly.

But the really interesting thing about covid is some people can be completely asymptomatic. I know, amazing really. So anyone could unknowingly pass it onto someone who is vulnerable.

If only there were a quick test to help determine if people had covid…

I tested positive without symptoms (until 24 hours later) pre leaving home to attend a conference, had I gone to work I could have passed it on to tons of people.

thirst - it depends, some people test negative during the isolation period (I did even though I felt poorly), others test positive for weeks afterwards.