• Isn't it just fucking infuriating that the government won't update their guidance on when to get a Covid test to the symptoms caused by the latest variants? It's almost like they don't want us to test...

    Bad hayfever for me for weeks now so I've had Delta variant symptoms for ages.

  • Isn't it just fucking infuriating that the government won't update their guidance on when to get a Covid test to the symptoms caused by the latest variants? It's almost like they don't want us to test...

    Simply put, they don't have the capacity to cope with the number of people who would want a test if they extended the symptom list.

    See the twitter link I posted above from Prof Pagel.

    [EDIT] https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1411753797764923393

    "
    Test return times are getting longer in England (test and trace report & comparing specimen to report dates).

    A lot of testing capacity was closed in the spring in the expectation cases would never get that high again. They will (as govt admits!) - what's the plan? No testing?
    "

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