Anyone looked at getting tested weekly who can’t work from home?

judith charmers · Jan 19, 2021

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Anyone who lives or works in Barnsley, has no symptoms and is still working in the current lockdown is eligible for a test at the Metrodome. Book here:

https://www.barnsley.gov.uk/services/health-and-wellbeing/coronavirus-covid-19/book-a-coronavirus-covid-19-rapid-results-test/#:~:text=The testing site is at,within the last 90 days

Results are returned after just over 30 mins (which is how long you have to leave a lateral flow test to confirm the result). You're likely to be in and out within less than 15 mins.

Can't comment on the issues of accuracy, but I'd recommend this to anyone who is regularly in contact with vulnerable people, lots of people, or who just want some peace of mind that they're not spreading. If not for you, fair enough.
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Thanks for that

Menai Tyke · Jan 19, 2021

SuperTyke said: ↑

How accurate are the tests these days? I seem to remember seeing something posted on here that said 1 in 4 positive tests wasn't actually positive at all (and similar for negative tests). If that's the case wouldn't you end up isolating for no reason a lot of times if you had weekly tests?
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Yeah lateral flow tests are 75% accurate. That’s why if you test positive you then have to be booked for a PCR test to confirm.

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