free lateral flow tests could end in weeks.

S7DiscoDown said:
The are discussing reducing the isolation period from 7 to 5 days to get people 'working'. I think that's fair enough.
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I have been testing positive for 11 days now. I am told I am safe to go out after 10 by I worry that I put people at risk. The Gov website says I am not infectious after 10 full days but how many things have they got wrong before.
 
asredastheycome said:
But it wont will it. They have never been interested in feeding children or helping with heating bils so why do you think they will start now. They could have been spending this money you talk about prior to the pandemic but they didn't and as I said they won't.
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I don't think they will, but if like some money left for a government that will in the future
 
ChrisTheRed said:
Covid bedwetters will be out in force on this thread.

How long should we go on blindly testing for something that isn't going to go anywhere?

I can count on one hand the amount of lateral flows I've taken anyway.

My life and health experiences have taught me that what's meant for you will not pass you by and I've witnessed many households where all but one person has tested positive and that one person never caught it and had multiple negative tests of all descriptions.
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I can count on one hand the amount of LFT and PCR tests I've taken. Only one of them because I felt real rough and the missus was 6 months pregnant at the time.

These tests aren't 'free' anyways, they never have been. Suppose it makes sense to start charging for them from a supply point of view. Keep them free for hospital workers, emergency service workers, armed forces and care workers.
 
Randy said:
I can count on one hand the amount of LFT and PCR tests I've taken. Only one of them because I felt real rough and the missus was 6 months pregnant at the time.

These tests aren't 'free' anyways, they never have been. Suppose it makes sense to start charging for them from a supply point of view. Keep them free for hospital workers, emergency service workers, armed forces and care workers.
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What about the person on a low wage who cant afford a test so goes into work and passes it onto everyone?
 
magic said:
Fair enough let the scientists and the politically motivated medics make the call but also let them be held accountable when their predicted apocalypse doesn’t happen. Also they can be held accountable for the generation of youth who have had their education and future lives ruined just to make people like you feel safe
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So the people who want to prevent an apocalypse and who will put in place measures to mitigate against one are to be pilloried when the apocalypse doesn't come?

Neil Ferguson et al at Imperial College were ridiculed for suggesting that if we let the virus circulate without any mitigation we might end up with 510,000 dead. With mitigation we're currently around 170,000.

The measures that were put in place prevented the worst case scenario.

This is just the same guff we heard after millions of man-hours of work prevented any major problems from the Y2K date bug. Systems didn't crash so it must have been a false alarm.

The UK have done the minimum possible to contain the virus and you're now advocating that we do even less - in part because we've let it get so bad that prevention becomes worse than letting people suffer. Do you really think that's a good idea or have you just not given it any thought at all beyond wanting your 'freedom'?
 
ChrisTheRed said:
Covid bedwetters will be out in force on this thread.

How long should we go on blindly testing for something that isn't going to go anywhere?

I can count on one hand the amount of lateral flows I've taken anyway.

My life and health experiences have taught me that what's meant for you will not pass you by and I've witnessed many households where all but one person has tested positive and that one person never caught it and had multiple negative tests of all descriptions.
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Chris - this has to be game over for you on fmttm
 
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JM14 said:
What about the person on a low wage who cant afford a test so goes into work and passes it onto everyone?
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The government needs to bring our sick pay schemes in line with other European countries.
The person on low wage that you mention would more than likely still go to work with a positive test as sick pay isn't good enough.
 
Randy said:
The government needs to bring our sick pay schemes in line with other European countries.
The person on low wage that you mention would more than likely still go to work with a positive test as sick pay isn't good enough.
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You work in hospitality don't you - do you not use regular lateral flows to make sure that you are not passing anything on to the public? When I was on a construction site before Christmas one of our colleagues went home with a bad cold we made sure he took two lateral flows before he came back to work with us.
 
It astounds me how many people said locking down is a last resort and should never be done and exclaimed we should test, trace, isolate.

These same voices now suggest masking, testing, isolation is too much and we should just let the virus run free.

I'm glad I'm not vulnerable or elderly because at times I despair.

Screening and mitigating risk is sensible, not the enemy. Most people will get this virus, but let's not make sure everyone gets it just because John up the road and you had mild symptoms and didn't have any long term problems.
 
Scrote said:
So the people who want to prevent an apocalypse and who will put in place measures to mitigate against one are to be pilloried when the apocalypse doesn't come?

Neil Ferguson et al at Imperial College were ridiculed for suggesting that if we let the virus circulate without any mitigation we might end up with 510,000 dead. With mitigation we're currently around 170,000.

The measures that were put in place prevented the worst case scenario.

This is just the same guff we heard after millions of man-hours of work prevented any major problems from the Y2K date bug. Systems didn't crash so it must have been a false alarm.

The UK have done the minimum possible to contain the virus and you're now advocating that we do even less - in part because we've let it get so bad that prevention becomes worse than letting people suffer. Do you really think that's a good idea or have you just not given it any thought at all beyond wanting your 'freedom'?
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Scrote you may as well bang your head against a brick wall mate as try to convince magic. He is someone you will know and I was speaking to him in the pub last night. He has had Covid twice now but because he only gets it mild he either does believe in the severity of it or just does not care. Sometimes he does my head in.
 
zorro_mfc said:
My point is that may be true of things like cancer etc but we can do something to avoid or lessen the impact of Covid so it’s not an inevitability you will catch it so fate isn’t really the issue.
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The effects of the vaccine are debatable, there are those that feel we need to receive the vaccine each month for it to be effective .
so for those ‘healthy’ enough is it better to get the virus and let the body recover naturally with it’s own antibodies?
most of us are resting our faith 100% in the government and hoping it works , unfortunately this is a government that had not protocol in place of what to do should we ever have a virus outbreak .
im amazed government haven’t took the option to promote healthy lifestyle over the last 2 years
 
FabioPorkpie said:
I can’t actually believe I’ve just read that. Give your head a shake lad!
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Why? We are in a self contained bubble at wor and don't face customers. Those working out the front take a test twice a week like the schools are advised to do Every single member of staff in our kitchen bubble has been vaccinated twice and had boosters, the last of which was the week between Xmas and New Year.
We've also had staff off to isolate over the December period, one of which had actual covid, the others tested negative but had been in close contact with friends/family who had tested positive so they took time off and were paid accordingly.
 
JM14 said:
What about the person on a low wage who cant afford a test so goes into work and passes it
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Cambsred said:
It astounds me how many people said locking down is a last resort and should never be done and exclaimed we should test, trace, isolate.

These same voices now suggest masking, testing, isolation is too much and we should just let the virus run free.

I'm glad I'm not vulnerable or elderly because at times I despair.

Screening and mitigating risk is sensible, not the enemy. Most people will get this virus, but let's not make sure everyone gets it just because John up the road and you had mild symptoms and didn't have any long term problems.
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It astounds me just how many people think that the complete loss of enjoyment and future life chances of young people is a price worth paying in order to stem a virus which has now vastly reduced in severity, but as previously stated, we have different opinions, I now believe the most important things on the agenda are the Impending fuel crisis, and focusing on those at school age and in their 20s.
 
Scrote said:
So the people who want to prevent an apocalypse and who will put in place measures to mitigate against one are to be pilloried when the apocalypse doesn't come?

Neil Ferguson et al at Imperial College were ridiculed for suggesting that if we let the virus circulate without any mitigation we might end up with 510,000 dead. With mitigation we're currently around 170,000.

The measures that were put in place prevented the worst case scenario.

This is just the same guff we heard after millions of man-hours of work prevented any major problems from the Y2K date bug. Systems didn't crash so it must have been a false alarm.

The UK have done the minimum possible to contain the virus and you're now advocating that we do even less - in part because we've let it get so bad that prevention becomes worse than letting people suffer. Do you really think that's a good idea or have you just not given it any thought at all beyond wanting your 'freedom'?
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Neil Ferguson has been wrong about everything he's ever modelled. Mad cow, foot and mouth and Covid
 
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