Coronavirus update - NO MORE RESTRICTIONS

[xsnaggle]

We should be random testing, not just testing people who report they have symptoms. We have no idea who is asymptomatic with the virus or is virus free. We have a limited idea of who has the virus with symptoms. And a week later the picture will have changed. The testing should be about mapping the presence of the virus in the whole population, not just a yes/no on the relatively few people who self refer.

But anyone can go and get a test. you can walk up register and get tested. how more random can you get?

[CCFCC3PO]

But anyone can go and get a test. you can walk up register and get tested. how more random can you get?

Walk up to where?

[jon1959]

But anyone can go and get a test. you can walk up register and get tested. how more random can you get?

I didn't know that was on offer across the UK - or that there are enough test centres in places everyone can access to allow it to happen - but even if it is it should be something led (messages from the top, co-ordination with local councils and services, mobile test centres in residential areas and workplaces) by the government not left to Joe and Jane to decide it is something they want to do.

I think I am right in saying that some countries (South Korea, Taiwan...?) got very close to regular testing of their whole populations and were able to scale back once they knew what was really happening with the virus.

[ToTaL ITK]

Sweden; where i live is having a hard time to find covid 19 study cases. I'm not sure how hard they are trying but in my county there have been about 3600 cases and about 260 deaths...same population as Birmingham.
I still feel they threw people under the bus butatm its looking positive case wise.

[the other bob wilson]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...mings-ruth-may

[xsnaggle]

I don't give a toss what that says. I know for a fact you can do it.

[CCFCC3PO]

I don't give a toss what that says. I know for a fact you can do it.

Have you done it then?

[xsnaggle]

Have you done it then?

Yes. I don't know where you live but you can drive to the test centre eg, in Abercynon and they will register you for a test there and then and take the samples.

[CCFCC3PO]

Yes. I don't know where you live but you can drive to the test centre eg, in Abercynon and they will register you for a test there and then and take the samples.

I'll try at Rodney Parade tomorrow.

[xsnaggle]

I'll try at Rodney Parade tomorrow.

Yes, I think you should be able to do it there too. Let people know what they say.

[Jordi Culé]

I don't give a toss what that says. I know for a fact you can do it.

They were stringent with me. I was given an appointment with specific time slot and location that wasn’t the nearest centre to me, in order to minimise any contact with other people. I was also under the impression that they’re prioritising key workers etc.

I didn’t realise they were offering ‘drop in’ Covid tests?

It’s a good idea.

[xsnaggle]

They were stringent with me. I was given an appointment with specific time slot and location that wasn’t the nearest centre to me, in order to minimise any contact with other people. I was also under the impression that they’re prioritising key workers etc.

I didn’t realise they were offering ‘drop in’ Covid tests?

It’s a good idea.

I work with these centres and the people operating them have told me that anyone who wants one can have a test. I was even invited to bring my family with me if I wanted one. If they refuse you there is something wrong.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

I work with these centres and the people operating them have told me that anyone who wants one can have a test. I was even invited to bring my family with me if I wanted one. If they refuse you there is something wrong.

But did you want a family?

[xsnaggle]

But did you want a family?

God no, two are enough thank you!!

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They were stringent with me. I was given an appointment with specific time slot and location that wasn’t the nearest centre to me, in order to minimise any contact with other people. I was also under the impression that they’re prioritising key workers etc.

I didn’t realise they were offering ‘drop in’ Covid tests?

It’s a good idea.

There's a hell of a lot of incorrect "APPOINTMENT ONLY" signs at the Leckwith one. If they took them down they might actually test someone mind

[CCFCC3PO]

There's a hell of a lot of incorrect "APPOINTMENT ONLY" signs at the Leckwith one. If they took them down they might actually test someone mind

Well, I went to Rodney Parade for a test, after being told I can just drive up, and was sent away with a phone number to call to make an appointment. So, yet again, xsnaggle comes up trumps.

[Jordi Culé]

Well, I went to Rodney Parade for a test, after being told I can just drive up, and was sent away with a phone number to call to make an appointment. So, yet again, xsnaggle comes up trumps.

I’ve been waiting for this all day

The wife got tested today in Tonyrefail, same script as I undertook recently. My observations were they weren’t exactly inundated but I’m wondering if these ‘drop in’ covid19 tests were a ‘one off’ or perhaps the ‘clap clinic’?

[the other bob wilson]

Can you book one of the tests to see if you've had it as well?

Five weeks ago, I noticed that my sense of smell was weaker and that a lot of the food I ate had I slight tang to it. I thought of booking a test, but was influenced by a radio interview I heard saying that it was only a complete loss of those senses which was a possible symptom of Covid and by the time I realised this was wrong, it was well past the five days from when symptoms first develop period they talk about for the test to be effective.

I've read the NHS guidance which says that people who live by themselves who self isolate can come out of it if the only symptoms they're still showing is a loss of smell/taste and/or a cough (apparently these symptoms can linger for weeks after the virus). I've always got a cough and my sense of smell has, if anything, got worse over the past five weeks (my sense of taste is better than it was, but still not quite right), but my GP told me that if it was COVID that affected my senses I must have had a very mild dose of it and it's more likely it's something else which can be investigated when things get back to something like normal - she told me not to be concerned about affecting other people with Covid or that I may still develop serious symptoms, if that was going to happen it would have done so weeks ago.

So, although there's no point being tested to see if I have it now, it might be worth finding out if I have had it in the past.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Can you book one of the tests to see if you've had it as well?

Five weeks ago, I noticed that my sense of smell was weaker and that a lot of the food I ate had I slight tang to it. I thought of booking a test, but was influenced by a radio interview I heard saying that it was only a complete loss of those senses which was a possible symptom of Covid and by the time I realised this was wrong, it was well past the five days from when symptoms first develop period they talk about for the test to be effective.

I've read the NHS guidance which says that people who live by themselves who self isolate can come out of it if the only symptoms they're still showing is a loss of smell/taste and/or a cough (apparently these symptoms can linger for weeks after the virus). I've always got a cough and my sense of smell has, if anything, got worse over the past five weeks (my sense of taste is better than it was, but still not quite right), but my GP told me that if it was COVID that affected my senses I must have had a very mild dose of it and it's more likely it's something else which can be investigated when things get back to something like normal - she told me not to be concerned about affecting other people with Covid or that I may still develop serious symptoms, if that was going to happen it would have done so weeks ago.

So, although there's no point being tested to see if I have it now, it might be worth finding out if I have had it in the past.

If you are married I would check if the wife is poisoning you.

[the other bob wilson]

If you are married I would check if the wife is poisoning you.

Nope, can't blame anyone else for it I'm afraid. One of the possibilities that have come up in discussions is that I may have done a Donald Trump and been affected by the bleach I was cleaning my sink and work surfaces with (I did that for the first two or three months after lockdown about once a week).

[xsnaggle]

Can you book one of the tests to see if you've had it as well?

Five weeks ago, I noticed that my sense of smell was weaker and that a lot of the food I ate had I slight tang to it. I thought of booking a test, but was influenced by a radio interview I heard saying that it was only a complete loss of those senses which was a possible symptom of Covid and by the time I realised this was wrong, it was well past the five days from when symptoms first develop period they talk about for the test to be effective.

I've read the NHS guidance which says that people who live by themselves who self isolate can come out of it if the only symptoms they're still showing is a loss of smell/taste and/or a cough (apparently these symptoms can linger for weeks after the virus). I've always got a cough and my sense of smell has, if anything, got worse over the past five weeks (my sense of taste is better than it was, but still not quite right), but my GP told me that if it was COVID that affected my senses I must have had a very mild dose of it and it's more likely it's something else which can be investigated when things get back to something like normal - she told me not to be concerned about affecting other people with Covid or that I may still develop serious symptoms, if that was going to happen it would have done so weeks ago.

So, although there's no point being tested to see if I have it now, it might be worth finding out if I have had it in the past.

The anti-body tests aren't readily available yet.

[the other bob wilson]

The anti-body tests aren't readily available yet.

[Hilts]

When I booked a test for my wife at Abercynon I asked could I have one and was told no as I had no symptoms.

[xsnaggle]

I do not mean to misinform anyone, it may be too important, its not point scoring.
It is what I have actually been told by the people operating the sites .They say you can drive up register and have a test taken.

As I said, I'll ask again tomorrow and find out what is going on

[CCFCC3PO]

When I booked a test for my wife at Abercynon I asked could I have one and was told no as I had no symptoms.

That also seems to be in line with the Government website that I posted yesterday, but in complete contradiction to what xsnaggle has been told, and is now passing on as information.

I'm not saying he is being deliberately misleading, but I think I'll take what he is saying with a pinch of salt based on the overwhelming evidence that people can't simply drive up. I think I'll continue to take the advice of the official Government websites rather than ccmb, I know this sounds daft, crazy even.

Tests are in high demand at the moment, so it would make sense to have some sort of control over them. It also wouldn't make much sense to have potentially tens or hundreds of people descending on a site on a whim when the site is likely to actually have covid-19 cases being tested at the same time.