How often are you having to take lft's?

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Obviously we are doing it when asked but it just seems constant recently. Up until Christmas my older 2 dc were doing them twice a week for secondary school and 2 of my dc had had 2 pcr tests each for what turned out to be colds. Then we spent most of January this year with everyone testing daily because first there was an outbreak of covid in the primary school so we were asked to do daily testing, then dc3 got covid so we all had to test daily for a week. Dc1 and dc2 were getting emails every few days saying they were close contacts through school so had to test daily for 7 days each time. Then we had a couple of weeks where it all calmed down and we were just testing twice a week. Now dc2 is a close contact again so he has to test daily.

I know it's necessary but I'm just sick of it. 2 of my dc have autism so testing usually involves a screaming meltdown from 1 child, nervous twitching from the other and a general whinge from the dc who are not autistic but are understandably fed up with the whole thing.

I've never done one.

I haven't done one in months.

I thought about it today, but then no one is ill so I'd rather not take the risk of ruining half term thanks!

Daily as work in NHS

Never

I've been doing them all this week as my boss tested positive at the end of last week.

(Incidentally he is in his 60s, diabetic, has COPD and smokes - he's sailed through it)

I have to do one to get into my work building (theatre). So next week it will be 6 times.

BuffaloHigh, no I've not been contacted by T&T. Except once when I took a flight but I had to get a PCR after returning to the UK anyway.

Never had a test.

Before every shift. I work in a care home. All visitors have to take one and register before visiting .

Thankyou everyone. Seems like it really varies.

I'm not testing at all, did a couple of times last year but that's it.

Daily. I'm on immunosuppressant medication for an autoimmune disease though.

Nobody in this house is testing. DD had covid before Christmas and we were all sent for PCR testing and nobody's tested since.

Did you know we are spending £2 billion a month on all this testing?

Once a week for work. Hopefully that will stop soon too.

I work in a school so officially twice a week as per policy but there has so often been a child positive that I’ve been close contact with that I’ve been daily testing more often than not. On half term this week and I’m not testing. Bliss

We don’t test unless someone in the family develops symptoms and has been in close contact with someone who’s been diagnosed. My DC are on the autistic spectrum and I’m not going to stress them out further by doing speculative LFTs.

I'm meant to test twice a week for work but generally I'm now only testing if I feel unwell or have been in close contact with someone with covid.

Entire family has had it recently so I'm trying to have a break from all the constant testing and worrying!!

Only if we think we've been in close contact so not very often.

I don't do my kids though as it cause one nosebleeds and the other is too young.

Every time I go into work. So, once or twice a week.