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Government are going to stop giving out LFT’s.

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MayBee70 Sat 08-Jan-22 23:11:48

What are people’s thoughts on this? I’m planning to meet up more with my family, after being very careful throughout the pandemic. Going to have a holiday together in a few months time but we were going to all test ourselves before and during the holiday. Why is this ‘learning to live with the virus’. Surely learning to live with it should mean that we have the means to protect ourselves and those around us? As with most things, I would assume that people that can afford it will still be able to purchase tests so we will have a two tier testing system. I know Omicron is supposed to be quite mild but I’m still hearing of people that say it is like a very bad dose of flu for some. Have they just announced this to distract people from the fact this country has passed the 150,000 deaths from covid mark?

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Teacheranne Sun 09-Jan-22 23:25:03

Josieann

So if we know this in advance that is a good thing. The new green boxes contain 20 tests. Using say one or two two a week this brings us nearly to the beginning of April. That should cover people visiting family or going to an appointment for a good few months, then it will be spring time hopefully along with some respite from the virus.. Even teacher DD currently only tests twice a week and if folk are testing more than this, then that sounds like paranoia. I do think they should be free for NHS staff.

Unfortunately I have to test more frequently than twice a week, I have to rest every time I go to visit my mum in her care home. But I can do the test there using the kits they have so won’t need to stockpile!

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