Why Does Anyone Still Test

[Sux2buthen]

I'm not actually asking that, it's obvious to anyone why people still do of course.
I'm asking about the ridiculous faux confusion from many posters; the apparent shock that people are testing despite it being well publicised that people have it and the 'I don't know anyone that tests' or 'why are you testing?'
Don't want to test? Don't. But you're lying if you say you're confused or didn't know that others do.
Anyway, I find it annoying

It's a good thing you can still get them if you want them.

That’s a very blinkered comment.

It really not a ‘good thing’ to be in need of continued testing when the rest of the population has moved on.

The OP’s original point was their annoyance when people appear to be unable to comprehend that it is still a very real issue for some. Some of the comments on here certainly validate their views.

@SauvignonBlanche

It really not a ‘good thing’ to be in need of continued testing when the rest of the population has moved on.

Jesus wept. Can't win!

What do you want from people?

This post refers entirely to the sneery women that appear on any covid thread without fail asking why anyone is testing.
I'm sure if they really try they'd be able to figure out, it's a daily happening on here.
It doesn't matter what the OP has posted, if it refers to covid there will always be more than one galloping on asking why or how or how terribly shocking it is people have tested.
It's so boringly eye rollingly repetitive.

It is perfectly possible to have no clinical symptoms with covid but test positive. You are still infectious. Take polio before vaccines as another example, only a v small percent had symptoms.

My sister tested herself just before Christmas because two of the children in the house are immunocompromised and my other sister already has long covid. She also works in a hospital (where she picked it up from a nurse). She's had it three times now and this was pretty bad - terrible cough and flu like symptoms. She isolated herself for four days and wore a mask when she had to come downstairs for any reason. She had to stay off work for ten days despite testing negative day six.
Responsible people should still test if they have symptoms.

I tend to see them in the bargain bucket section, I always check the bargain bucket.

Thank Christ all my family and friends test before they come round.

Id be ficked if l caught it again.

I think there are a few who may be genuine. A parent at my kid's school seemed genuinely surprised when I told her our Christmas holidays hadn't gone to plan as son had brought covid home from school. She couldn't believe there was still covid in schools - I did silently wonder if she'd been living under a rock, but she apparently thought kids immunity to covid lasted years!

When people say this I just think, how great it must be to live in such a lovely little bubble where you only have yourself to worry about
If you had a frail elderly parent or a family member undergoing cancer treatment then you absolutely would still test if you thought you might have it.
This is the reason we do it. Obviously I wouldn't see them either way if I thought I was ill & infectious with anything but if I'd isolate from them for longer if I knew I'd had covid.

This is me!

I not only still test - I test every day I am sick to 'study' how the line gets quicker and stronger as the illness gets worse and the is weaker and slower to appear as I get better. I am just nosey.

(We also have a lot of surplus tests!)

Would you also test for flu or rsv if a test was readily available?

I would love this! Bonus points if my smart watch would test daily and buzz a alert if I have anything

I'm vulnerable now because of covid. I had it and was hospitalised in 2020. Had jabs etc got it again 2022 but was mild symptoms. Recently had it again over Xmas managed at home but it completely wiped me out. Colleagues at work saying they won't test and still come into work (which is their rights) This is where that has gotten me...still off work 4 weeks later. Where are my rights to be safe at work.

People want to know if they have a urine infection a take samples to the doctor, people want to know if their sore throat needs antibiotics, on a basic level. People want to know if their iron is low and need tablets, people want to know if they have flu, but not covid. What gives.

I don't test because unless I'm bedridden my employer wouldn't let me isolate and it would go down on my sickness record. Also I can't afford to have time off sick since they stopped the full pay for covid. The only time I know I had it I was asymptomatic and tested for work related reasons so I don't really see the point if there's people walking around with covid totally unaware and spreading it anyway.

Doesn't bother me if other people want to test though, everyone has their own reasons. I do think if people didn't have to pay for tests they might be more likely to use one if they had symptoms.

To protect my elderly 92 year old mum who is fit and relatively healthy. I would hate to pass covid on

@Hecate01 totally irresponsible imo. Do you not care that people you work with could be vulnerable? It's a different matter if you don't know you have it and go to work but to go in knowingly to pass on to others is a disgusting attitude to have. People are still ill. People are still dying.

I tested today as I feel like shit. It was negative. Think I am just rundown. I tested as I work in a school and a few of the kids have returned form Christmas with it. Also have some events with parents coming up.

Funnily enough, my smart watch knew I was ill two days before I did.
It gives a 'stress' score during the day and my stress was higher than I've ever seen it for two days, then bam I was horribly ill with a virus for about a week, with symptoms that lingered for a couple of weeks after. The stress score normalised though as I started to feel I was turning a corner on about day 5. Fascinating.

I only test out of curiosity

I don't get the testing politics, if you feel the need to test out of curiosity or because you have a specific reason to be mindful of others then go ahead. If don't want to test that's ok too. Let each decide what is best for their own situation. We need to move on from sneering at each other's choices.

Where my Son works they don’t get sick pay, but they do pay for Covid.

My 75 year old cousin has been in hospital over 3 weeks after catching Covid after Xmas. It’s her first time, fully jabbed, but she has a lung condition. She was extremely poorly last week and we thought she’d lost the battle, but she’s doing better but there’s a long way to go to get her strength back.

My standard response to the "I dont know anyone who tests" is. " Yes you do me" it's "different" apparently as I work with pensioners... okay then...

@SauvignonBlanche you can't get them through the government portal any more. You can still get them free at a pharmacy if you take proof of entitlement due to immunosuppression.

I was curious as to why I felt so ill with "just a cold". So I tested and I now I know why!

Those older people are also at risk front whatever you had if it wasn't covid.
Now that is what I really don't understand that it's very often not "just a cold" for the vast majority of those considered high risk from covid. "Just a cold" nearly killed my son, put him a hairs breath away from being ventilated.
You shouldn't need to do a covid test to know you should be staying away from those at risk from a respiratory illness if you have symptoms of a respiratory illness