-
You don't actually need to do that. I went to a walk in testing centre in Waltham Forest before Christmas and people were turning up without appointments and being quite open about the fact they wanted to get tested before Christmas so they could spend time with vulnerable family members. The Council's leader Clare Coghill was even publicly telling people to get tested before leaving London for Christmas (this all before the Gov's last minute festive U-turn) so there were also people in the queue who'd "been told to get tested by the council".
I also (separately) was told to get tested by my GP when I didn't have symptoms.
Fox-
I wasn’t having a go btw, just thought it could be a contributing factor. The more people that get tested the better. I was fortunate enough to have ONS the week before and had been isolating before I saw my parents on Xmas day. I also had 2 of the rapid flow at work but we all know they are pretty useless.
deleted
I imagine loads of people are faking symptoms so they can take a test and then see their family.