No PCR tests available

I tested positive 11 days ago and am still testing positive today. I’ve been in isolation up until today as apparently on the 11th day it’s ok and I’m not infectious. I was poorly the first 4 days with a high temp and dreadful headache, now I have cold symptoms. Same for me, it was DH’s fault!

Is it me??

The friends teeth were perfectly healthy prior to Covid, they became loose and fell out Due To Covid, not because she couldn’t get to a Dentist…….

It is rampant in our area. All the family ( 5) have had it, not pleasant, like flu but okay. However, two others in our small village have been hospitalised, one 75, the other in their 40s.

usernametaken well you got that wrong!

I was using that as an ironic message, not as a go to thing to do!

We need testing and we need to isolate if we are Positive for Covid. Covid is NOT the Flu.

Trump was an idiot

I had it 3 weeks ago. Reported the LFT online - then got a text and e mail telling me I'd had a positive test - well I know that as I told them in the first place. Hae I missed the point somewhere?!!! I could see no point trying to get a PCR test as I reckoned I shouldn't be leaving the house when I was ill and was not well enough to drive anyway, and didn't want to pass it on to anyone else, so just self isolated till I felt better (which took about 10 days btw!).

songstress60

I hardly ever test. Had triple vaccine so I've done my bit for society. People can't keep testing. Lets just treat it like the flu or a cold. For God's sake we need to get back to normal. I am damned if I am going to pay for the LFT

No, let's treat it like Covid, which for many people is more serious than flu or a cold.

DeeJaysMum

Personally, I agree with the PP who said the hospitalizations and deaths are the important figures.
I'm clinically vulnerable and have not changed a single thing in my lifestyle at all over the whole pandemic and won't be doing so now either.
If I get it, I get it, if I don't, I don't, but so far, in 2 whole years I've not and I've done nothing different. I've said all along we need to learn to live with it like we have the flu, so can we please get on with our lives and stop worrying about how many people have had a sniffle?

Covid causes many people more than a sniffle.

Madashell

How on earth are people working in healthcare going to be able to afford to pay for regular tests which were free? Crazy. I think the Government would just like to draw a line under the whole Covid thing - it’s too expensive to the economy.

I would be interested to know of all hospital deaths how many (currently) are solely due to Covid, and how many just happen to have tested positive with few or no symptoms.

FYI The vast majority of deaths with Covid on the certificate are a direct result of Covid. There have been some with underlying health conditions, but they would have lived for much longer if they hadn't been infected with Covid.

If a person is ill enough to be admitted to hospital with a non-Covid condition and tests positive for asymptomatic Covid, he/she will be treated for the non-Covid condition. If he/she dies as a result of the condition, that's what will appear as the main cause of death on the certificate.

Lucca

Well you’re damn lucky deejay
I have cancer and am having chemotherapy so I am very very vulnerable.
You probably think I should lock myself away for my remaining time ?
If people were just a bit more willing to think of others and wear masks on transport etc maybe I would not have to.

I don't usually comment, but my goodness there are some unbelievably selfish people in this world, you certainly should not have to 'lock yourself away' and nor should my DH who is CEV
I wish you all the best for your treatment Lucca

I have just uploaded my positive lateral flow test online and sent for a PCR. It is coming tomorrow!

I had Covid a couple of weeks ago. Simply reported the LFT test via the website and that was that. Don't think many people get a PCR test these days.

It is very easy to report LFT tests online. Just Google report LFT test and it directs you to the appropriate page on Gov.uk

You can still go online and pick them up from a designated chemist in your postcode. I did, got a QR code, went into the designated pharmacy today, quoted my code and was given two kits. This is in Kent.

How on earth are people working in healthcare going to be able to afford to pay for regular tests which were free? Crazy. I think the Government would just like to draw a line under the whole Covid thing - it’s too expensive to the economy.

I would be interested to know of all hospital deaths how many (currently) are solely due to Covid, and how many just happen to have tested positive with few or no symptoms.

Well you’re damn lucky deejay
I have cancer and am having chemotherapy so I am very very vulnerable.
You probably think I should lock myself away for my remaining time ?
If people were just a bit more willing to think of others and wear masks on transport etc maybe I would not have to.

Personally, I agree with the PP who said the hospitalizations and deaths are the important figures.
I'm clinically vulnerable and have not changed a single thing in my lifestyle at all over the whole pandemic and won't be doing so now either.
If I get it, I get it, if I don't, I don't, but so far, in 2 whole years I've not and I've done nothing different. I've said all along we need to learn to live with it like we have the flu, so can we please get on with our lives and stop worrying about how many people have had a sniffle?

Oopsadaisy1

As Mr Trump once said

If you don’t test, the numbers go down

Or something like that.

The only data we will have is hospital admissions and Deaths

At last, someone with common sense, couldn’t agree more Oopsadaisy1.

If people stop testing for something like the common cold, then maybe the numbers will go down

Did we all test before covid when we had the sniffles!!!!!

songstress60

I hardly ever test. Had triple vaccine so I've done my bit for society. People can't keep testing. Lets just treat it like the flu or a cold. For God's sake we need to get back to normal. I am damned if I am going to pay for the LFT

And it's ignorant, ill-informed and selfish attitudes like this that are the main reason why we're currently at more than 3.8 million cases in the UK.

Oopsadaisy1

Baggs see my post above, people are amongst us who have tested positive, if you are working next to someone how can you judge if you are safe or not? Maybe everyone in the office should wear a mask except the one who is carrying the infection?

Maybe those who are vulnerable should lock themselves away?

No one seems to care about them as it’s assumed that they are elderly and don’t work, there are plenty of vulnerable adults who aren’t retired and go to work, they are virtually being told to suck it up and take their chances.

A friend of my daughters has long Covid and can only work part time, caught Covid from someone who was positive but worked anyway, now her teeth are falling out, all due to Covid.

This is what ‘living with it ‘ means , right?

how can you judge if you are safe or not? – you can't.

Maybe those who are vulnerable should lock themselves away? – Lockdowns were to protect vulnerable people but have caused a great deal of damage to the rest of society. We've got to the point now where we have to reboost the economy even if only to help deal with the backup of health issues that haven't been dealt with while we obsessed about covid. (I'm not saying we shouldn't have obsessed, especially at the beginning, but now we need to stop).

there are plenty of vulnerable adults who aren’t retired and go to work, they are virtually being told to suck it up and take their chances. – this group inlcudes me. I'm fine with it.

now her teeth are falling out, all due to Covid. – this is unfortunate, but so is the fact that many, many people have not been able to get dental treatment for two years. So much for having six-monthly check ups to keep your teeth and gums healthy. Other viruses and health conditions cause long-term symptoms too. We also have to live with that. For the record, I do.

I’ve reported a negative test today without any problem. To be honest I wouldn’t bother with a PCR test anymore, we didn’t do one when we had Covid, just reported our LFTs. My granddaughter had a PCR on Monday and still hasn’t got the result. She’s had negative LFTs all week but the school won’t let her back without a PCR result because she is coughing. This is despite her having been to hospital and been treated for croup. The schools are really worried because there is so much covid around, despite what the majority of people seem to believe. I expect that that’s the reason why a 90 year old relative had to wait on the floor with a broken hip for 4 hours before an ambulance arrived and why my daughter was told that my granddaughter, who was having breathing problems, needed an ambulance but they couldn’t send one as there were none available. It’s very worrying!

The evidence from Gransnet alone, MaddyOne, will not be robust. You can't use it as proper data.

I hardly ever test. Had triple vaccine so I've done my bit for society. People can't keep testing. Lets just treat it like the flu or a cold. For God's sake we need to get back to normal. I am damned if I am going to pay for the LFT

Anybody can enter their LFT results on the Government website. They will email you or text you to tell you what the results are so you have a record.
It seems to me that the majority of people who are getting Covid, and there are plenty I know, are getting little more than a bad cold or mild flu. It is only those who are vulnerable or immuno-suppressed who might find it harder to cope with. For that reason alone, I would never go out without testing. However, 3 members of my family had symptoms and tested immediately. For 2 days they tested negative and on the third day, they tested positive. To confuse matters further, the first day they had symptoms, they felt really rough and then the second day they felt better so went out again before feeling unwell enough to test again on the third day. As they had been with me on the second day, they were mortified to think they might have passed it on to me but a couple of weeks later with regular testing, I appear to have escaped.
I think we just have to accept that this is now like ordinary flu or colds. Some people will be hit harder than others and it will kill some people just like flu does every year.

Baggs see my post above, people are amongst us who have tested positive, if you are working next to someone how can you judge if you are safe or not? Maybe everyone in the office should wear a mask except the one who is carrying the infection?

Maybe those who are vulnerable should lock themselves away?

No one seems to care about them as it’s assumed that they are elderly and don’t work, there are plenty of vulnerable adults who aren’t retired and go to work, they are virtually being told to suck it up and take their chances.

A friend of my daughters has long Covid and can only work part time, caught Covid from someone who was positive but worked anyway, now her teeth are falling out, all due to Covid.

This is what ‘living with it ‘ means , right?

My DH (aged 75) and I (65) have just had this. Both triple jabbed. He started before me with a throaty cough and vicious sore throat. We tested and reported the results on the NHS site. My throat was only a bit sore, but I had at least 4 days of extremely runny nose, like at the peak of some colds but without letup. Really exhausted as well. We both finally tested negative on days 9 and 10, but the fatigue is lasting longer. One wonders how bad we would have been if we had not been fully jabbed. That people will have to pay for the tests will undoubtedly lead to an increase in cases and particularly penalise those who cannot afford to keep testing every time they feel unwell. Ridiculous