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I think the people you’re referring to are getting a test because they’re worried they might have the virus and don’t want to spread it. I don’t know what it’s got to do with bog roll hoarding.
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Everyone should be worried that they might have the virus and don't want to spread it. But that alone doesn't qualify you for a free NHS test. The page I linked to sets out quite clearly the reasons why you should get a free NHS test and, if you don't meet them, that you should pay for a private test.
I don’t know what it’s got to do with bog roll hoarding.
Scarcity of resources (or fear of scarcity of resources) means that people will go out of their way to obtain the resources that they don't strictly need right now.
Reports of panic-buying bog roll = lots of people go out and stockpile bog-roll for fear or running out and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy
Reports of tests not being available when needed = lots of people going out and getting a test when they don't really need it or qualify for it
I'm not sure what result these people are hoping to get from their test, but then people aren't rational when it comes to these kinds of decisions.
Greenbank
I said it before. Getting an unwarranted test is the logical extension of bog-roll stockpiling.
A large number of the population seem to have the mindset that they don't want to miss out on having a test when they really need one so they'll go and get a test as often as they can when they don't really need one.