• Wonder how much impact not having medical staff doing the tests has on fake positives or negatives?

    A quick Google says they're comparable. The walk-in clinics are supervised, and when I did one I was encouraged to change the angle of approach into my brain to get a bit deeper. I think if there were serious discrepancies it would have been discussed pretty widely.

  • The walk-in clinics are supervised, and when I did one I was encouraged to change the angle of approach into my brain to get a bit deeper

    Not the one I did (Sobell, Islington). It was literally "here's a kit and an instruction poster and a folding table with a grotty makeup mirror. Let us know when you're done". I didn't get the feeling anyone there was medically trained.

  • In HK you get the testing kit from a vending machine in an MTR (tube) station and drop it off in a drop box.

  • Not the one I did (Sobell, Islington). It was literally "here's a kit and an instruction poster and a folding table with a grotty makeup mirror. Let us know when you're done". I didn't get the feeling anyone there was medically trained.

    Interesting. I wonder how much the council is playing a role. The one I went to (Hackney Central) was set up similarly, except every station had someone supervising the testee. I don't think my person was a nurse or anything, but she seemed to be trained in the administration of this particular test.

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