Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

Yeah that makes sense.

I had done a PCR test on ~22nd Dec too which came back negative as well, and I thought people generally tested positive for a reasonable length of time after having it (probably wrong on this).

Just seems to be the tests suggest I didn’t have it then but the symptoms (although relatively mild and not complete) and timing coinciding with rise in cases etc makes me think otherwise.

Not really important overall but I just thought the Bupa test was worth mentioning as reasonably reputable company, not overly inflated price and possibly interesting for some.

(And yep, aware that it doesn’t equal immunity but worth emphasising)

I'm absolutely on one of the border lines (Norwood Road). If I lived over the street I'd be being tested.

I think your idea about shops being the main areas of spread is spot on.

What test did you get again?

I can only find postal tests at £45 and up, not £35.

Happy to wait a few days, they do BUPA here but it's more expensive and also I have to leave the house, bah :)

What test did you get again?

I can only find postal tests at £45 and up, not £35.

It wasn't a test, it was a joke.

I can give you a 96% accurate test by taking £35 off you and telling you the result "Negative".

It was more a point that some of the online/postal tests are a scam. (Obviously not like the BUPA one listed above).

Tory CRG member, I presume. Charles Walker,
displaying impressive ignorance.

Seems to think Brit have an inalienable right to Summer holidays abroad.
Ignoring the fact that the UK 2nd wave was attributed to a Spanish strain,
and,
that unlimited interactions with people from around the World will, probably,
lead to a 3rd wave next Autumn.

Ah woops missed joke.

Will investigate thoroughly before buying.

On BBC R4 World at One just now right? I heard that.

Wow. He's an angry little man isn't he.

He's also an impressively obnoxious man, but he has OCD and has spoken publicly about his mental health issues (mental health being his main argument for lifting lockdown) so it's a bit complicated.

He's right when he says that we were told vaccines were the way out of this and now that message has changed, but if he's so angry at BoJo and co. maybe he should quit the Tories?

Portugal is having a huge case spike, part thanks to Christmas relaxation but most new cases are the Kent variant thanks to Brits going on holidays....

Ha, we must be neighbours :)

With this kind of instant testing, I am assuming they are the lateral flow tests which tend to miss quite a big amount of positive cases?

In any case, good reminder to stay vigilant, wash the hands and sing happy birthday I guess

Presumably the Brazilian one is contributing as well...?

No, they are handing out PCR kits you send off for analysis.

Ah, good

A good chunk of the LFGSS population seems to be in the hot zone. Possibly centred around the Royal Circus urban velodrome?

I used to live in that hotspot, good times.

I had the Vaccine today (Pfizer) No pain from the jab but got incredibly tired within four hours. Took a 2 hr nap and feel pretty much back to normal.
I’m under the care of a rheumatologist due to my lower back arthritis and take a benepali injection so must have been fast tracked as I’m ONLY 47. Just thought I’d post my findings as there’s apprehension re the jab. Will update if I have any adverse reactions.

Seems to think Brit have an inalienable right to ....

Flashback to lockdown 1 when the previously undercover village idiots would rant against a mask mandate being against their ‘rights’, although they never specified which rights specifically. It’s sovereign citizen levels of ignorance.

I’ve had the Pfizer jab - a week after having the flu jab.

Flu jab was savage. Dead painful arm for a week.

C19 jab I barely noticed.

Not had the flu jab this year as I get it from my doctors and they are not the most efficient but did last year and it was very painful. C19 jab administered at the local hospital (Tameside M’cr) very impressed with the set up

I'm another dude getting the jab I think because I think :
psoriatic arthritis + benepali + methotrexate (injections)

Injection tmrw, am expecting all the tireds.

Injection tmrw, am expecting all the tireds.

Not necessarily, I had the flu jab before Christmas, with no adverse reaction at all.

Today I had the Covid Vaccine, also no reaction (So far).

.https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/356920/?offset=50#comment15811422

I wasn’t going to bother with flu jab - lockdowns have pretty much contained it this year and I’m not exactly going to places where I could contract it - but I switched gp and they sorted it and the c19 in double quick time. Bit of a revelation after years with a frankly shit practice in W2.

I’m inside the West Norwood area test should arrive tomorrow

With this kind of instant testing, I am assuming they are the lateral flow tests which tend to miss quite a big amount of positive cases?

If they're the PCR test it's because they want to sequence them too to check how prevalent the various variants are in the area. You can't do sequencing with the Lateral Flow Tests (unless you take a separate sample).

I am assuming they are the lateral flow tests which tend to miss quite a big amount of positive cases?

Lateral Flow Tests missing a large number of positive cases is not necessarily negative.

Lateral flow tests and PCR tests are very different tools for very different scenarios. PCR are good to spot that you have had the virus, but will still return positive long after you are no longer infectious. Lateral Flow Tests are a better indicator of infectiousness.

I've found some of the stuff Tom Chivers, and Tim Harford have written on this subject very informative

https://twitter.com/TomChivers
https://twitter.com/BBCMoreOrLess
https://unherd.com/2021/01/what-covid-tests-can-we-trust/