Lateral flow tests

[Timeforredwine]

Hello, just wanted to know peoples views on asking visitors, friends, relatives to do a lateral flow before meeting up in your house.
Thank you for your opinions

It wouldn't even occur to me to ask. I'm not CEV though. I'd personally think it's a massive overreaction for a non CEV person to ask.

Due to people being more vulnerable and protecting as far as is possible. I thought everyone was responsible for lft when you leave your house.

@Timeforredwine

Due to people being more vulnerable and protecting as far as is possible. I thought everyone was responsible for lft when you leave your house.

It's advice, not law. I leave my house every day for work, I'm not doing LFTs every day. No one I know is bothered.

I have asked family and friends. Keep it friendly

I wouldn't ask people to but I have a friend who is cev who asks people to. I am happy to do so if going to her house for her piece of mind.

I do before seeing parents, visiting a care home (it's required) and going out with friends - so usually 2 sometimes 3 times a week.

Nobody has ever asked me to do one but I happily would if someone specifically asked - why wouldn't you?

Your house, your rules.

Thank you for your views so far, I know people that are testing when they go out it was advised to do so if you leave your house. As far as I am concerned this possibly helps with not transmitting to other people I.e you may not show symptoms so how would you know you aren't spreading the virus. Just curious as to the reasoning of why you wouldn't? Is it perhaps you haven't been vaccinated and don't wear masks or do you/have you done these basics but just not testing?

My friends group are all still doing lateral flows before meeting up indoors. Some are vulnerable and we all have kids, so quite likely to be exposed to it given the number of cases at the moment. We also always do them before meeting my parents, even outdoors. They are in their 70s.

It takes a few minutes, hardly a difficult task.

@crocodiles cry, that seems a fair and balanced view to take.

Always "flow before I go". It's the decent thing to do, right? Wouldn't dream of meeting you with people without doing a lft first.

Its not unreasonable, we were all doing this before xmas as no one wanted to get it and isolate over the festive period.

But I can tell you from work they are just no working with omicron.

I have covid atm and its not coming up on LFT. Same with all my colleagues at work - its like one in 5 compared to the PCR (and thats being generous). No idea if this means we are not contagious though

How do you know you all have it then? @LemonSwan

I ask people who are meeting me to do one
Im CEV tho

But to be fair, apart from a very small few family members im still not yet seeing anyone

Staff who come into the house do them daily

It's the norm in my social circle, and is pretty much now just good etiquette. My friendship group has a mixture of people with school-aged children, people who work in public facing jobs and people who are clinically vulnerable or caring for/in regular contact with some vulnerable, so it makes sense.

@Boofay

Always "flow before I go". It's the decent thing to do, right? Wouldn't dream of meeting you with people without doing a lft first.

This if indoors. Not outdoors

I’m not doing an lft every time I leave the house, only in certain circumstances, e.g. seeing someone vulnerable, going to the hairdresser or things like that. There’s no way I’m doing 7 tests a week if I go out every day!

No I am not testing when I leave the house.

Vaccinations are enough for me and I don't test.

If you want everyone to test then ask them. However if you asked me I would weigh up how much I wanted to see you because I honestly think testing all the time is not needed and if you are that bothered about getting covid then meeting indoors is probably not for you.

Im curremtly wfh but our company has a policy of lft before work out of home every day you leave home for work.
I also lft if a relative is coming round or we are visiting a relative. We have a CEV household member and have relatives that we see who are also being cautious die to health vùnerable. So its good to check bith to protect others and so that should we have a positive we can get furrther medical advice promptly.

Lateral flowing before you leave the house is only a Scottish recommendation isn’t it?

(And surely every single day is a lot, no??? It’s a lot of plastic in the bin for one. What do you do if you’ve run out of LFT - not go out?)

@Timeforredwine - I think it's fairly normal now. I go to work every day & test twice a week. My boss tests every day.

No, I wouldn't dream of doing this!

Flow before you go for indoors meetings. All my friends and family do this (Scotland) and I think it's reasonable to ask. Though, I wouldn't really message "do a lateral flow before you come over". We tend more to message an hour before saying "done my LFT - negative so see you soon!" And the other replies in kind

@thewhatsit

Lateral flowing before you leave the house is only a Scottish recommendation isn’t it?

(And surely every single day is a lot, no??? It’s a lot of plastic in the bin for one. What do you do if you’ve run out of LFT - not go out?)

Yes it's another of Nicola Sturgeon's little nuggets of wisdom. She (or her mate Jason Leitch) coined the "flow before you go".

LFT before you go to Tesco, work, out with friends, restaurant....

I am in Scotland. Everyone I know thinks it's total overkill. LFT before hospital visit, care home visit, if seeing someone particularly elderly/vulnerable. But not for a quick 10 minutes scoot round Aldi.

No I have never tested and wouldn't expect others to