Should Everyone In The Uk Be Tested For Covid-19 ?

[johnny.5]

as soon as a quick inexpensive test is made available ?

[ToraToraTora]

no, how would that help?

[KARL]

Oops, quite correct, I overlooked Spain. Apologies for the inaccuracy.

[tiggerblue10]

If we're not testing in the UK now, how will we know the number of confirmed cases?

[Spicerack]

Theland. I don't know whether you said it for sympathy or attention but if your granddaughter hasn't been tested why come on here and tell everyone she had it?

[johnny.5]

anybody changed their mind ?

[fiction-factory]

Karl- did I read that correctly? Are you saying other countries in Europe have better healthcare systems than the UK has? Really? How do you measure that?

[Deskdiary]

Jesus Christ, the inability to think that some people have beggars belief.

There's 65,000,000 people in this country - how do you propose this will be achieved?

[fiction-factory]

We need to be clear about whether we are talking about testing for whether we have Covid or whether we have the antibodies because we've already had it. I think these are two separate tests. We need to prioritise testing but ideally we can test everyone asap

[NickorWan]

There are probably a lot of people who have the virus and don’t know they have it, and there will also be a lot who think they have the virus but don’t. Children get several colds a year, some medical sites say the average is between 6 and 10, and adults under 60 average between 2 and 4. If you are over 60, like me, you are lucky in that you should average less than 1 per year. All that means that quite a lot of people will at this moment be suffering from a cold, and a lot of them will no doubt think it is the virus. If I had a cold right now, I would be worried it was the virus, just human nature.

[johnny.5]

home testing kits ?
bit like diabetes test or pregnancy test?
one we have a vaccine so as to inoculate ?

[johnny.5]

now Boris is even thinking my way