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  1. red

    red24/7 Well-Known Member

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    If this is true, its like winning lottery after thinking we all to be lockdown for months on end, surely the guardian would not publish this without finding out its correct
     
    red24/7, Mar 25, 2020
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    red24/7 Well-Known Member

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    just one question,how will you prove you've had it, then you can move about, what if you come up as not having it and some people say they have to get back to normality quicker?
     
    red24/7, Mar 25, 2020
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    If anything sounds too good to be true ....
    For those who wont go near the Daily Mail the article was in the FT this morning
    https://www.ft.com/content/5ff6469a-6dd8-11ea-89df-41bea055720b

    I dont have any faith in it and the idea that half the UK could have it but only a tiny percentage show symptoms isnt supported by testing elsewhere - you only have to look at a cruise ship like the Diamond Princess to see that its not even close
     
    Farnham_Red, Mar 25, 2020
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    Let's not get too ahead of ourselves....the numbers of kits coming in will not be enough to test everyone for some time, bearing in mind of course those who haven't had Covid will need regular testing.
     
    sadbrewer, Mar 25, 2020
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    The only caveat I'd have is that they have tested people with heavily displayed symptoms and the test has come back negative. Only for a further test to be positive. Deputy PM of Spain is a recent example.
     
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    I’m hoping it will be like a blood sugar test, in that the device is a single purchase, with disposable tabs that actually come into contact with the blood. Buy it once, test yourself and your family as many times as you want, providing you have enough tabs
     
    BarnsleyReds, Mar 25, 2020
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    True, but that fact we could possibly spot check NHS staff and other key workers us a big deal. Fingers crossed.
     
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    Breaking news on the BBC says the 3.5 million testing kits will be for key workers only.
     
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    Trouble is whats to stop Peter Pillock and Shirley Selfish breaking the curfew and lying that theyve tested clear?
     
    Shy Talk, Mar 25, 2020
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    That was the point I was making...but there are the caveats I added .
     
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    Nah, do it like Liverpool away. NHS workers in ICU get 7 apiece then we'll see about the rest.
     
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