Ending of free testing in England

My son delivered all over during the start of the pandemic and never caught it. Last weekend he caught covid. I've got it now also.

You do wonder sometimes if the govt. doesn't mind if the elderly and more expensive patients drop off the rolls. I know I do, wonder that is, here in the USA.

My DH has worked in a vaccination centre since the first rollout and has avoided Covid, but he caught it last week.
Like a heavy cold/flu.
I hope you and your son have mild symptoms Socks .

i wonder about the need for testing as there is no need to isolate anymore even if positive. it may be madness but it is true

Except if you work in a medical environment like a Covid Vac Centre kjmpde.

We are currently in Italy where admission to Restaurants, Museums, public places indoors, etc require green pass ( our 3rd NHS certificate) and in one instance not allowed entry without an FFP2 mask, not just any other type. I was wearing a UK medical (pleated) one, provided in our hospitals, but had to change it to my FFP3 which I wear on the flights.

It amazes me when people say "I had Covid really bad", etc. How on earth do you know. Neither of the tests actually determine which virus it is, only that there are (usually remnants) of viruses in our bodily system which, along with bacteria, we all carry out approx. 2lb in our bodies.
If you keep being told that you will feel extremely ill with it, several times a day on several different types of media, you will become conditioned to feel ill, even if you aren't.

Personally I think it's ridiculous and quiet possibly dangerous to end free testing.
The whole pandemic has been mishandled imo.

It’s shambolic. You can now work with covid and not bother testing.
Given that so many are going to plunge into debt with the fuel rises fiasco , whilst only getting sick pay what are they expected to do? People are in catch 22 and those most at risk, are the victims

effalump

It amazes me when people say "I had Covid really bad", etc. How on earth do you know. Neither of the tests actually determine which virus it is, only that there are (usually remnants) of viruses in our bodily system which, along with bacteria, we all carry out approx. 2lb in our bodies.
If you keep being told that you will feel extremely ill with it, several times a day on several different types of media, you will become conditioned to feel ill, even if you aren't.

Hope you're reading this maddyone. Seems it was all in your mind.

What rot!

I’ve just read it volver. it’s unbelievable isn’t it? Perhaps I’d better illustrate this again, which I’ve already done on several threads already, just so effalump can understand.

effalump I know I had Covid ‘really bad’ because I was admitted to hospital with it and I stayed there for twelve days. During that time I was treated with oxygen therapy for eleven days (my oxygen saturation was 82 when I was admitted) antibiotics, anti viral infusions, potassium, steroids, omeprazole, and there were two other drugs that I can’t remember (eight treatments in all) but one of them was to dry up the secretions that made me feel as if I was drowning, and I had a CT scan to check if there were blood clots in my lungs. I was lucky, there weren’t. I had Covid pneumonia in one lung and subsequent X-rays have shown scarring to my lungs. The next one is due in June. So that is what having Covid ‘really bad’ looks like, but of course it can be much, much worse for some people. Now we’re vaccinated, fewer people get Covid ‘really bad.’ Some people are quite ill but don’t need hospital treatment. A number of Gransnetters have mentioned this. At least one Gransnetter was hospitalised and on a ventilator. That’s why I’m still cautious, but at the same time trying to get on with my life.