DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
Does 'act like you've got it' mean we should all self-isolate... since that's what I'd be doing if i had it?
Given I've been working from home since March it'd not make much of a difference.
Does 'act like you've got it' mean we should all self-isolate... since that's what I'd be doing if i had it?
Since March my behaviour has been driven by the firm conviction that everyone else has got it.Does 'act like you've got it' mean we should all self-isolate... since that's what I'd be doing if i had it?
Don’t take the result of a rapid flow test as much comfort. They have a crap false negative rate miss over 40% of positive cases. Inc a high number of the mostly infectious cases and unless a positive result is followed up by PCR test. The system can’t pass results onto T&T.I'm probably going to go and get myself tested before long... now that those of us with no symptoms can. I work in a supermarket and could be one of the supposed one-in-three asymptomatic carriers... but is that one-in-three claim correct?
I'm probably going to go and get myself tested before long... now that those of us with no symptoms can. I work in a supermarket and could be one of the supposed one-in-three asymptomatic carriers... but is that one-in-three claim correct?
Dave that's well spotted (am annoyed with myself for not making that 'More or Less' step). Even at 1 in 3, and 2M (infected (cfm by test) at any one time - gross overestimate) in 60M (population) that's 1 in 90.the probability of someone picked at random from the population being both (a) infected and (b) symptomless will be the product of those probabilities, i.e. around 1 in 150
source?Don’t take the result of a rapid flow test as much comfort. They have a crap false negative rate miss over 40% of positive cases. Inc a high number of the mostly infectious cases and unless a positive result is followed up by PCR test. The system can’t pass results onto T&T.
Those actually running the test station.source?
Another test today, quicker results, negative again(Luck or doing things right?).
One hesitation on this latest test, it's only 50% as accurate (At best) as the previous ones, which are 90% accurate.
Are they rushing tests through?
That’s one thing problem is they are sold as a “you don’t have COVID so off you” like what happen with students. Not as a small part of test options.Like most patient facing staff I lateral flow test twice a week. Its mainly to pick up asymptomatic carriers. If we have symptoms then we phone occupational health for a PCR not use the lateral flow.
We know it has high false negative but better than nothing.
A case of desire trumping reason, I suspect. And Booking. com still send me emails hoping to boost that desire. Straight into the bin for mine.Bookings up at Easyjet - the month of May looking popular for holidays in 2021:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55709110
Even optimistically I think expecting to get away in May is a bit premature.