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By *riar Belisse OP Woman
over a year ago

Delightful Bliss

Advice is to flow test before going to a gathering this month

How often do you flow test now

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By *oved Up 2Couple
over a year ago

nottingham

Twice a week for work and also test before and after club visits

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By *estofbothCouple
over a year ago

Cardiff

We test before mixing or socialising. We aren’t exactly religious with it to a daily basis, but between meetings with our business’ and social events it’s at least twice a week.

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By *otMe66Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

At least twice a week. I test before I visit my mother and whenever I am going into an enclosed space for meetings.

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By *herryEatersCouple
over a year ago

East Cheshire

We had to flow test recently but that was scoffed at by our doctor, she had no faith in them whatsoever and asked for a PCR test instead (all negative). One of our children had 4 or 5 positive flow tests, followed by two NEGATIVE pcr tests !?.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've only done 7 lft tests through the whole pandemic, never tested positive, never had covid.

I have them if I feel I should do one or am required to do one.

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By *weetandHungMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"Advice is to flow test before going to a gathering this month

How often do you flow test now"

Zero from me

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By *pottydog46Man
over a year ago

rainham

LFT’s are not 100% reliable, PCR’s aren’t much more reliable. This whole scamdemic has been built on lies and flawed statistics and testing.

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By *ylonSlutTV/TS
over a year ago

Durham

"LFT’s are not 100% reliable, PCR’s aren’t much more reliable. This whole scamdemic has been built on lies and flawed statistics and testing."

LFTs are pretty 100% accurate for positives,if you test positive you pretty certain to have covid. Negatives not so good. PCRs are accepted to be 97.5% accurate either way if a good sample is taken. I.e. 2.5% false negatives and 2.5% false positives.

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By *uscious_lips30Woman
over a year ago

gloucestershire

I test twice a week for week. And test myself if I go to anything social, rugby training/matches.

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By *ty31Man
over a year ago

NW London

Either before I know that I will be in a situation where social distancing won't be possible (busy pub or club etc) or a few days after being in the same situation unexpectedly (I went out and ended up out-out etc)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"LFT’s are not 100% reliable, PCR’s aren’t much more reliable. This whole scamdemic has been built on lies and flawed statistics and testing.

So if it's pretty much 100% accurate for positives, what does a negative result mean? I could have it still but might not?

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By *all me FlikWoman
over a year ago

Galaxy Far Far Away

2 to 3 times a week...its become a habit.

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By *ooo wet tight hornyWoman
over a year ago

lancashire

I've just got some of the LFT that you just swab the nose and not the throat...so much more comfy using these.

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By *BWarksCouple
over a year ago

warwick

If we all stopped the testing and reporting then the official numbers would be lower …. and then the government would stop panicking

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"If we all stopped the testing and reporting then the official numbers would be lower …. and then the government would stop panicking "

And if we all kept the curtains closed, we'd never have snow again, right? Just because we don't see something does not mean it is not there.

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

Twice a week, plus if going out anywhere meeting friends

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By *BWarksCouple
over a year ago

warwick

"If we all stopped the testing and reporting then the official numbers would be lower …. and then the government would stop panicking

And if we all kept the curtains closed, we'd never have snow again, right? Just because we don't see something does not mean it is not there."

But who cares….. we are all going to catch it ….. we already have , and we’ve been jabbed, you’ll never stop it , have you not learnt that yet

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By *olex99Man
over a year ago

Hull

I tested positive last night on my LFT. Went for my PCR test this morning. Fingers crossed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Advice is to flow test before going to a gathering this month

How often do you flow test now"

Never.

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By *izzy.Woman
over a year ago

Stoke area

I test at least twice a week..one before volunteering at the Vaccination centre, one before singing rehearsal and another if I'm meeting a group of friends or going to a gig, club or theatre.

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By *tooveMan
over a year ago

belfast

I've never had a test.

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

I do them twice a week… 1 if I have to go into the office… and 1 before I go to a swinging club…..

I really hope that those who have said zero aren’t visiting clubs

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By *BWarksCouple
over a year ago

warwick

"I've never had a test."

No neither have we .

We just have to get jabbed and get on.

If you don’t want the vaccine I don’t care , but you are more likely to be more ill than we were ….. back to normal now

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up

About 5 times a week. Will always test before meeting

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

Test a couple of times a week.

When I isolated myself with Covid the first time I was bemused to see it pick up my positive about five days too late. They are not that great.

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

It's good advice but I doubt many people will.

I test twice a week for work and if I'm going out about an hour before.

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up

I dont know why people wouldn't test

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

"I dont know why people wouldn't test"

Because its all fake, a scam, blown out of all proportion, made up to harm Donald Trump etc.

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By *BWarksCouple
over a year ago

warwick

"I dont know why people wouldn't test"

We don’t know why people would

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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago

hiding from cock pics.

They are saying they will be charging for boxes of tests to do at home from sometime next year. I feel that will affect how often people will test as it will be very expensive for families to test as regularly as now.

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By *olymalelincsMan
over a year ago

southend

"I dont know why people wouldn't test

We don’t know why people would "

How about because it's a simple, sensible precaution to take that could mean you are not the person that causes others to become ill or worse?

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Truro

Got a lifetime supply & test whenever I meet people - whether that's for work, recreational or a meet for pleasure via sites like this - at least I know I'm clear & so is my conscious x

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Whenever I go anywhere apart from the supermarket

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By *izzy.Woman
over a year ago

Stoke area

"If we all stopped the testing and reporting then the official numbers would be lower …. and then the government would stop panicking

And if we all kept the curtains closed, we'd never have snow again, right? Just because we don't see something does not mean it is not there.

But who cares….. we are all going to catch it ….. we already have , and we’ve been jabbed, you’ll never stop it , have you not learnt that yet "

If people test positive, they have a PCR to confirm and they then isolate at home. Because they isolate, it reduces the amount of people they transmit it to and therefore less people in an area are affected by it. I'm surprised " you have not learnt that yet "

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By *olymalelincsMan
over a year ago

southend

"If we all stopped the testing and reporting then the official numbers would be lower …. and then the government would stop panicking

And if we all kept the curtains closed, we'd never have snow again, right? Just because we don't see something does not mean it is not there.

But who cares….. we are all going to catch it ….. we already have , and we’ve been jabbed, you’ll never stop it , have you not learnt that yet

Sadly there are a large amount of people that have had two years to learn this and still haven't, I don't think they ever will sadly

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up

"I dont know why people wouldn't test

We don’t know why people would "
because its sensible, and something that causes no harm and barely any time or effort to do but will save lives. There is absolutely no reason not to test.

I dont know how someone can say they have never been tested..

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By *iman2100Man
over a year ago

Glasgow

"LFT’s are not 100% reliable, PCR’s aren’t much more reliable. This whole scamdemic has been built on lies and flawed statistics and testing."

Fascinating and informative - I did not know that.

Please educate us all by providing proof of your assertion. Does "lies" mean there is no pandemic, no virus, no one has died?

Which statistics are flawed - Just the UK or the whole world's 7.9 billion person statistics? The latter would have been bloody hard to acheive.

I can understand why if the tests are flawed you cannot trust the data and LFT and PCR are just to provide jobs for unemployed Chinese folks; they don't work.

As a truly well informed person could you please explain why, when a good friend of mine died recently, they put this made up "Covid-19" shit on his death certificate?

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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago

Brighton

"They are saying they will be charging for boxes of tests to do at home from sometime next year. I feel that will affect how often people will test as it will be very expensive for families to test as regularly as now."

That will be a huge turning point in reporting.

The official stats will start to reduce dramatically as people won’t want to pay to test. Everyone will then believe Covid has gone away as the narrative won’t acknowledge that testing has dramatically reduced.

What will be interesting is companies who insist on employees testing. Will they pay for the tests or expect employees to stump up? Or will they too relax their testing regime?

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By *irldnCouple
over a year ago

Brighton

"I've never had a test.

No neither have we .

We just have to get jabbed and get on.

If you don’t want the vaccine I don’t care , but you are more likely to be more ill than we were ….. back to normal now "

The problem with this approach is that you could be asymptomatic and spreading Covid without even realising it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Haven't tested for ages.

No events or gatherings planned.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Convinced theres so many people out there that enjoy the potential for lockdown or are looking for a period of isolation themselves.

We have done all the measures required now, we have lived with it for the last 4 months with no restrictions and its been very managable. There is nothing left to do, but people buying into the media love of fearmongering is what keeps it news worthy.

Barely anyone under 70 is dying from it anymore, it used yo be about deaths and hospitals, now its cases, and no more cases dont mean more deaths. Are you going to test yourself twice weekly for the rest of your lives for a disease that you are vaccinated against. Have a lovely Monday

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By *reenleavesCouple
over a year ago

North Wales

Twice a week for work and before any events.

I've heard of a few false negatives through LFTs that were positive through PCR. This is why the LFT reporting page says 'unlikely to be infected' when you log a negative result.

The testing is part of the wider net that includes mask wearing, hand washing, social distancing, WFH, travel restrictions and isolating. Nothing is 100% guaranteed by itself and you shouldn't consider yourself 100% covid free. All your socialising decisions should be made with that in mind.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

2 lfts a week plus PCR for work. If going out will do LFT before and after.

Danish x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Convinced theres so many people out there that enjoy the potential for lockdown or are looking for a period of isolation themselves.

Exactly This.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I test twice a week and will continue to do so whilst I deem it necessary.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The LFTs are soo crap, they are effectively useless.

I know numerous people testing consistently negative when a PCR was positive first time.

But well done all of you that are testing regularly, wasting government money that we will be repaying for the rest of lives. Bravo.

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By *otMe66Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

"The LFTs are soo crap, they are effectively useless.

I know numerous people testing consistently negative when a PCR was positive first time.

But well done all of you that are testing regularly, wasting government money that we will be repaying for the rest of lives. Bravo."

You just don't get it do you? Which is fine, I get that not everyone will but thankfully the majority do.

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up

"The LFTs are soo crap, they are effectively useless.

I know numerous people testing consistently negative when a PCR was positive first time.

But well done all of you that are testing regularly, wasting government money that we will be repaying for the rest of lives. Bravo."
we use the lft all the time in the home I work for... and found them to be a godsend for preventing a break out within the home.

Thing is to many people seem to be using lft when they have symptoms.... which they should not be doing .

I have lft every day before work or volunteering... and a pcr twice weekly.... not tested positive once.. my daughters lft then subsequent pcr came back positive early into her infection.

At 15 and reasonably healthy it knocked her sideways when she had it . Still suffering with effects of long covid 4 months later

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The LFTs are soo crap, they are effectively useless.

I know numerous people testing consistently negative when a PCR was positive first time.

But well done all of you that are testing regularly, wasting government money that we will be repaying for the rest of lives. Bravo.

You just don't get it do you? Which is fine, I get that not everyone will but thankfully the majority do."

The majority really don't.

Outside of the bubble of people who work in health or social care and kids at school, very few people are testing.

The only people i know regularly testing are those in the three groups above. Literally noone else.

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up

"The LFTs are soo crap, they are effectively useless.

I know numerous people testing consistently negative when a PCR was positive first time.

But well done all of you that are testing regularly, wasting government money that we will be repaying for the rest of lives. Bravo.

You just don't get it do you? Which is fine, I get that not everyone will but thankfully the majority do.

The majority really don't.

Outside of the bubble of people who work in health or social care and kids at school, very few people are testing.

The only people i know regularly testing are those in the three groups above. Literally noone else."
we must mix in different circles then as most people I know are testing at least before they go to events etc. Including my son and his mates.. they see it as common sense.

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By *otMe66Man
over a year ago

Terra Firma

"The LFTs are soo crap, they are effectively useless.

I know numerous people testing consistently negative when a PCR was positive first time.

But well done all of you that are testing regularly, wasting government money that we will be repaying for the rest of lives. Bravo.

You just don't get it do you? Which is fine, I get that not everyone will but thankfully the majority do.

The majority really don't.

Outside of the bubble of people who work in health or social care and kids at school, very few people are testing.

The only people i know regularly testing are those in the three groups above. Literally noone else."

The world is a bigger place than your local environment. The majority of people in the UK are, vaccinated, are testing when needed, are complying to the rules. You are not, that is fine because you are in the minority, which is a good thing

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By *racy_JacksWoman
over a year ago

Derby

Once or twice a week. Before my weekly slot of working on site. Before visiting my Mum who is having chemo for a blood cancer. Sometimes before social events. I’m also more cautious with socialising generally in the lead up to visiting my mum and my friends are generally happy to test before hanging out with me during those times. They’re not totally accurate but it’s the best that we have at the moment

I don’t find it to be an imposition at all and it helps to protect people who are still clinically vulnerable. Vaccines are not effective for all groups

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've never had a test.

No neither have we .

We just have to get jabbed and get on.

If you don’t want the vaccine I don’t care , but you are more likely to be more ill than we were ….. back to normal now

The problem with this approach is that you could be asymptomatic and spreading Covid without even realising it. "

And if you're asymptomatic you won't test positive so what exactly is your point

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By *lwaysup4it69Couple
over a year ago

Kirkby in Ashfield

We both had covid in January and I, Sean was hospitalised with covid pneumonia so we know it’s real. Both double jabbed a boosters booked. Janine is a front line care worker so tests twice a week. I also test regular too. Get so annoyed with idiots who say it isn’t real. Tell my kids that, they lost their mum to covid almost a year ago

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By *ylonSlutTV/TS
over a year ago

Durham

"I've never had a test.

No neither have we .

We just have to get jabbed and get on.

If you don’t want the vaccine I don’t care , but you are more likely to be more ill than we were ….. back to normal now

The problem with this approach is that you could be asymptomatic and spreading Covid without even realising it.

And if you're asymptomatic you won't test positive so what exactly is your point

You are very wrong.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've never had a test.

No neither have we .

We just have to get jabbed and get on.

If you don’t want the vaccine I don’t care , but you are more likely to be more ill than we were ….. back to normal now

The problem with this approach is that you could be asymptomatic and spreading Covid without even realising it.

And if you're asymptomatic you won't test positive so what exactly is your point

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No you are wrong you can test positive when asymptomatic...thats the reason for testing

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By *ittleMissCaliWoman
over a year ago

all loved up

"I've never had a test.

No neither have we .

We just have to get jabbed and get on.

If you don’t want the vaccine I don’t care , but you are more likely to be more ill than we were ….. back to normal now

The problem with this approach is that you could be asymptomatic and spreading Covid without even realising it.

And if you're asymptomatic you won't test positive so what exactly is your point

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erm yes you will... that's why you test

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"LFT’s are not 100% reliable, PCR’s aren’t much more reliable. This whole scamdemic has been built on lies and flawed statistics and testing.

My sister has had 2 instances of having positive lateral flow tests...which turned out to be negative on pcr. So definitely not 100%

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

I test before I mix with people, so normally a couple of times a week.

I do get a PCR test every time I go to site with work, so normally every two to three weeks. I've more faith in PCR because it's carried out by a professional whose sampling technique is very likely to be better than mine.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Every other day but I work in food retail so always mixing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I test before I mix with people, so normally a couple of times a week.

No there not. In a pcr cantre they get you to swab yourself, just talk you through it

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

They say leave it to people to use their common sense but they’re not doing that. Mixing in large groups will increase massively over Christmas then all those people will go back to work, family and friends without a care or a thought for others.

At the very least people should be doing a lateral. At the very least. In many cases it should be a PCR but they won’t, they will just mix.

There is no common sense approach and I’m shocked by peoples lack of consideration for others.

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

"I test before I mix with people, so normally a couple of times a week.

No there not. In a pcr cantre they get you to swab yourself, just talk you through it"

We have a manned PCR lab on site, staffed by testing nurses. I have used NHS PCR tests when required but my workplace ones are more accurate because the sampling technique is better than mine.

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"They say leave it to people to use their common sense but they’re not doing that. Mixing in large groups will increase massively over Christmas then all those people will go back to work, family and friends without a care or a thought for others.

At the very least people should be doing a lateral. At the very least. In many cases it should be a PCR but they won’t, they will just mix.

There is no common sense approach and I’m shocked by peoples lack of consideration for others. "

Common sense seems to be code for authorities abdicating responsibility.

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

At the very least people should be doing a lateral. At the very least. In many cases it should be a PCR but they won’t, they will just mix.

There is no common sense approach and I’m shocked by peoples lack of consideration for others.

Common sense seems to be code for authorities abdicating responsibility."

And individuals, unfortunately.

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