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

I always tell myself I am testing so I can be sure not to pass it on to someone more vulnerable than me.

I have now realised I am lying to myself and what you have said is the actual reason I test!

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

Yes absolutely, and there are test kits available for Influenza A and B, Flowflex does them, so you can test! I've also just come across a kit that does RSV, Influenza A and B and Covid! Might get hold of that!

I still have Covid test kits, tested DP the other day when he was feeling quite ill. Just makes sense, I like to be informed as to what we are dealing with!

I do think some are just so 'over' Covid that even the thought of testing is too much so they go into denial. Unfortunately the virus is here to stay so denial isn't a great strategy, and also Covid can leave some pretty bad after effects so it's a good thing to know whether you have had it, just in case that happens.

I wouldn't test because the treatment is based on the symptoms rather than the strain of virus. It's only useful if you're part of someone's study.

I have tests left over so tested my daughter as she wasn’t feeling great. Got a big fat positive straight away, I tested myself out of curiosity and luckily negative.

Because last week I felt like shit on a stick. So much so that I wondered if I had it.

I didn't ( so it was some other crappy bug that poleaxed me). 🙄

I test weekly before I inject my immunosuppressant medication and also if I have any symptoms of covid. If there were tests readily available for flu etc I'd take those too. I have allergies/hay fever plus the symptom of my disease can be easily confused with flu/covid (aches and pains, fatigue) so it would be good to know if my sniffles/aches and pains were a virus or not - if a test is negative I'd know it was safe to take my meds. Having covid tests is brilliant because it takes at least some of the guesswork away. I've missed so many doses 'just in case' and it's a tough call, deciding to take meds when you're feeling a bit off colour but it could be nothing. A few years ago I was really very ill with flu after doing just that.

DH tests too - if there's covid in the house I don't take my meds either.