Two Covid tests for students in England before quick Christmas exit
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For Christmas break, students will leave university within 24 hours of two negative Covid tests.
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University is a strange place now. Back in my day, would have that much alcohol in me it would have killed any virus stone dead
Gosh! I remember those days when going for a blood test...
Doctor: "You're a student?"
Me: "Yes."
Doctor: "Ok. We just gonna check how much blood you have in your alcohol stream before we proceed..."
Doctor: "You're a student?"
Me: "Yes."
Doctor: "Ok. We just gonna check how much blood you have in your alcohol stream before we proceed..."
As a uni student I can confirm we still drink alcohol
Don't know what kind of news outlets you've been watching that makes you think this is no longer the case....
Don't know what kind of news outlets you've been watching that makes you think this is no longer the case....
We had random drugs tests in the army.
I had one once on a Friday morning about 9am (Thursday is the big drinking army night :- Squadron Bar Day).
I was struggling that much to go.....When I finally gave my sample to the sergeant, he replied....'F*£k me Jones....Drinking Foster's last night or have you just poured some in this' hehe
I had one once on a Friday morning about 9am (Thursday is the big drinking army night :- Squadron Bar Day).
I was struggling that much to go.....When I finally gave my sample to the sergeant, he replied....'F*£k me Jones....Drinking Foster's last night or have you just poured some in this' hehe
Tests for students is pointless - they are all superspreaders, as proven in the last few months
For those that receive a negative result, I believe there will be many that prove to be positive post Christmas.
As highlighted by the WHO, and now the Welsh Government, the problem lies soley with the under 25's. Today, Wales gave a brief of their recent lockdown only to announce that they now have a massive increase in under 25's with C-19 post the lockdown.
As highlighted by the WHO, and now the Welsh Government, the problem lies soley with the under 25's. Today, Wales gave a brief of their recent lockdown only to announce that they now have a massive increase in under 25's with C-19 post the lockdown.
If you could guarantee against false positives this would be fine
But the evidence is suggesting there is still way to many false positives leading to 1 in 200 student being wrongly asked to remain behind
This isolation of say 1 student in a hall is effectively solitary confinement (which whilst better in an era of social media) is still bordering on the cruel et al
2nd test in 2 days please
But the evidence is suggesting there is still way to many false positives leading to 1 in 200 student being wrongly asked to remain behind
This isolation of say 1 student in a hall is effectively solitary confinement (which whilst better in an era of social media) is still bordering on the cruel et al
2nd test in 2 days please
It's better to have a student confined to barracks because of a false positive than many that may die if the test was a false negative (false neg's exist too)
Diddums not want to be on his own for three days? Bless.
No keep them away please!!!!!!
Millions of words have been written about Covid, millions of opinions on HYS, Hundreds of rules, regulation have been passed. Now is surely the time to allow people to decide for themselves. Yes there are idiots (hence the rules) but the vast majority can be relied on to follow common sense. We must, and should for all manner of reasons do the right thing and start living more normally again.
If only those idiots didn't go out and mingle then that would work. But they don't, so it wouldn't. The right thing is to continue to contain the spread.
The biggest problem with your statement is that we don't know who the super-spreaders are. A lot of snowflakes (under 25's) have been shown to have Covid., but these same people go to the pubs, get drunk, ignore SD, never wear a mask and infect the older generation all the way up to the grand oldies.
Tests for students is pointless - they are all superspreaders, as proven in the last few months
Lol, lot easier to social distance when you're an old fart with no friends.
If the government reopens pubs tells young people it's fine to go to them again, then they will go. Don't pretend you'd have been any different when you were that age.
If the government reopens pubs tells young people it's fine to go to them again, then they will go. Don't pretend you'd have been any different when you were that age.
Communism
And is that Laura Kuenssberg with her hair dyed blue for that TV drama ‘Lynn & Lucy’ advertised in the page footer bar at the bottom of the screen?!
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Millions of words have been written about Covid, millions of opinions on HYS, Hundreds of rules, regulation have been passed. Now is surely the time to allow people to decide for themselves. Yes there are idiots (hence the rules) but the vast majority can be relied on to follow common sense. We must, and should for all manner of reasons do the right thing and start living more normally again.
Millions of words have been written about Covid, millions of opinions on HYS, Hundreds of rules, regulation have been passed. Now is surely the time to allow people to decide for themselves. Yes there are idiots (hence the rules) but the vast majority can be relied on to follow common sense. We must, and should for all manner of reasons do the right thing and start living more normally again.
The biggest problem with your statement is that we don't know who the super-spreaders are. A lot of snowflakes (under 25's) have been shown to have Covid., but these same people go to the pubs, get drunk, ignore SD, never wear a mask and infect the older generation all the way up to the grand oldies.
What is the cost of this?
What’s the chances of catching the virus if using public transport or seeing their friends back home.
What’s the chances of catching the virus if using public transport or seeing their friends back home.
University is a strange place now. Back in my day, would have that much alcohol in me it would have killed any virus stone dead
If you could guarantee against false positives this would be fine
But the evidence is suggesting there is still way to many false positives leading to 1 in 200 student being wrongly asked to remain behind
This isolation of say 1 student in a hall is effectively solitary confinement (which whilst better in an era of social media) is still bordering on the cruel et al
2nd test in 2 days please
But the evidence is suggesting there is still way to many false positives leading to 1 in 200 student being wrongly asked to remain behind
This isolation of say 1 student in a hall is effectively solitary confinement (which whilst better in an era of social media) is still bordering on the cruel et al
2nd test in 2 days please
If you could guarantee against false positives this would be fine
But the evidence is suggesting there is still way to many false positives leading to 1 in 200 student being wrongly asked to remain behind
This isolation of say 1 student in a hall is effectively solitary confinement (which whilst better in an era of social media) is still bordering on the cruel et al
2nd test in 2 days please
But the evidence is suggesting there is still way to many false positives leading to 1 in 200 student being wrongly asked to remain behind
This isolation of say 1 student in a hall is effectively solitary confinement (which whilst better in an era of social media) is still bordering on the cruel et al
2nd test in 2 days please
Ahh, yes...it’s all because of the young folk. Because none of us were ever young and daft. But whenever I see flagrant abuses of the rules it’s not just young people, it’s many people across all age groups. And let’s be clear, it’s not young people who are managing the UK’s response to the pandemic and making a Horlicks of it, it’s middle aged blokes who caught it themselves.
No most are not. Just media likes to portray this nasty cult of bad behavoir, drunkeness, drug taking partying as their idea of normal. No one of any generation of my family, university attending or not has ever done any of it.
It should be mandatory!! The scenes caught on camera of many students partying and drinking whilst on lockdown was an absolute disgrace and and complete insult to the rest of us law abiders not to mention those who have since died and those on the front line.
The reason the R level went up was due to students.
Shame on you!
Take your tests, go home and stay home!
You are not welcome back!!!
The reason the R level went up was due to students.
Shame on you!
Take your tests, go home and stay home!
You are not welcome back!!!
Is that Laura Kuenssberg with her hair dyed blue for that TV drama ‘Lynn & Lucy’ advertised in the page footer bar at the bottom of the screen?!
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Reminds me of the Dunkirk Spirit.
Lets get our brave boys (and girls) home safely for Christmas !
Lets get our brave boys (and girls) home safely for Christmas !
Makes sense, it should be mandatory, and they should be returned negative before any are allowed to even look at an exit door.
Reminds me of the Dunkirk Spirit.
Lets get our brave boys (and girls) home safely for Christmas !
Lets get our brave boys (and girls) home safely for Christmas !
Yes, could well be and you might well be right but even you are not sure
I wouldn't have made that remark but thankfully that is my choice, just as it is their choice to make it
But the real issue comes if you or I were to try to prevent him or her from saying it simply because one might only 'think' that it is inappropriate, we have gone far enough down that road already
I wouldn't have made that remark but thankfully that is my choice, just as it is their choice to make it
But the real issue comes if you or I were to try to prevent him or her from saying it simply because one might only 'think' that it is inappropriate, we have gone far enough down that road already
I thought it was a sarcastic jibe!
I,m glad we are switching back to the failed tier system, it make good Boris sense.
When you are dead, you don’t know that you are dead. It is difficult only for others.
It’s same when you are stupid.
When there is no black & white, better to be safe than sorry!
Don’t be Show off& Covidgangster, wear mask.
It’s same when you are stupid.
When there is no black & white, better to be safe than sorry!
Don’t be Show off& Covidgangster, wear mask.
As a Brit in Germany, we've been wearing masks since April. 10 people die in Germany and Angie's talking about a lockdown. 100 people die in England and Boris and Madcock are talking about 'imitating the action of the tiger' and 'stiffening the sinews'. Whilst forgetting 'close the wall up with our English dead'. Or is that Brexit he's talking about? Sorry! Someone had to say the B-word. It's HYS.
Again more speculation than facts.
I presume university students are not the only ones travelling home for Xmas....for example MPs; folks working away from home. No mention of that, particularly senior MPs in government and respective advisers and Civil Servants.
Yet again incomplete information, needless speculation and also apparent bias.
I presume university students are not the only ones travelling home for Xmas....for example MPs; folks working away from home. No mention of that, particularly senior MPs in government and respective advisers and Civil Servants.
Yet again incomplete information, needless speculation and also apparent bias.
lock them up without charge eh? solitary confinement too.
The biggest problem with your statement is that we don't know who the super-spreaders are. A lot of snowflakes (under 25's) have been shown to have Covid., but these same people go to the pubs, get drunk, ignore SD, never wear a mask and infect the older generation all the way up to the grand oldies.
The Govt. is demob happy now that big pharma has bailed it out. It's all cost a lot of money, and has destroyed a lot of future prospects, but Boris can get back to bashing the EU now.
If going abroad (mostly) two tests are required, as in if you don't have them you are not going, to prevent the spread and the same should be the case here
Great news on the vaccines front and stunning achievements from all concerned and a British contender coming good is excellent
I was slightly surprised at the early headline only stating 70% efficacy when that is not strictly correct
Great news on the vaccines front and stunning achievements from all concerned and a British contender coming good is excellent
I was slightly surprised at the early headline only stating 70% efficacy when that is not strictly correct
Expect negatively reporting from BBC
Can't have the Beb celebrating a British success.
University is a strange place now. Back in my day, would have that much alcohol in me it would have killed any virus stone dead
Daughter is at Uni, says that students don't drink that much now. Also when Manc Uni students were complaining that their food parcels had no vegetables in it. I lived on pot noodles, fish fingers and burgers that inflated. What they got would have been classed a luxury in my day
What is the point when 10 million kids go home every night from school.
Tests for students is pointless - they are all superspreaders, as proven in the last few months
It should be mandatory!! The scenes caught on camera of many students partying and drinking whilst on lockdown was an absolute disgrace and and complete insult to the rest of us law abiders not to mention those who have since died and those on the front line.
The reason the R level went up was due to students.
Shame on you!
Take your tests, go home and stay home!
You are not welcome back!!!
The reason the R level went up was due to students.
Shame on you!
Take your tests, go home and stay home!
You are not welcome back!!!
Should have mandatory tests for all students before they return home and then tests again before they return to Uni. to reduce the chance of the same debacle that happened at the start of the university year
As long as the same rules apply to every adult moving around at Christmas.
Yep, my daughter is a 2nd year student in mental health nursing and goes out of her way to go back to uni every week for a test to try and keep patients safe on her placement. Many students have a greater respect for this virus than most mature adults i know!
Who cares, those fools were a main part of the reason that rates were on the rise. Do not waste tests on them
If going abroad (mostly) two tests are required, as in if you don't have them you are not going, to prevent the spread and the same should be the case here
Great news on the vaccines front and stunning achievements from all concerned and a British contender coming good is excellent
I was slightly surprised at the early headline only stating 70% efficacy when that is not strictly correct
Great news on the vaccines front and stunning achievements from all concerned and a British contender coming good is excellent
I was slightly surprised at the early headline only stating 70% efficacy when that is not strictly correct
Haven't seen my daughter since February, she won't be home for Christmas either. She's a teacher and to top it off, her salary has been frozen ( after MP's had theirs). A nice way to say thanks. But students go home!!
Yes, could well be and you might well be right but even you are not sure
I wouldn't have made that remark but thankfully that is my choice, just as it is their choice to make it
But the real issue comes if you or I were to try to prevent him or her from saying it simply because one might only 'think' that it is inappropriate, we have gone far enough down that road already
I wouldn't have made that remark but thankfully that is my choice, just as it is their choice to make it
But the real issue comes if you or I were to try to prevent him or her from saying it simply because one might only 'think' that it is inappropriate, we have gone far enough down that road already
Alright, let me be clear. Students will most likely not die, those rescued in Dunkirk would have died. Apologies for having to explain the blindingly obvious to you.
For many students these will be the only tests they'll ever take!!
1/2 million go uni yrly under 50% get graduate level jobs.That is including vocational jobs such as nurses etc most of whoms salary never gets out of 20 thousands.
Nothing else for kids so they go to uni.
Time for apprenticeships etc to be developed. Removed
Nothing else for kids so they go to uni.
Time for apprenticeships etc to be developed. Removed
It is ridiculous that student Nurses are expected to rack up huge debts while generally having to work far harder than the average student. It is right that their skills are recognised with a degree, but a more vocational approach would be better
Higher education needs to be targeted, students spend a fortune studying media studies just so they can work in Costa.
Higher education needs to be targeted, students spend a fortune studying media studies just so they can work in Costa.
All students should take the tests as have been offered, in particular if they will be socialising with other more vulnerable people over Christmas.
I don't see the issue with this at all.
I don't see the issue with this at all.
Ahh, yes...it’s all because of the young folk. Because none of us were ever young and daft. But whenever I see flagrant abuses of the rules it’s not just young people, it’s many people across all age groups. And let’s be clear, it’s not young people who are managing the UK’s response to the pandemic and making a Horlicks of it, it’s middle aged blokes who caught it themselves.
No because you never had to live through one when you were younger. Or were you around for the Spanish flu. Guarantee you wouldn't have cared either if you were young
It is ridiculous that student Nurses are expected to rack up huge debts while generally having to work far harder than the average student. It is right that their skills are recognised with a degree, but a more vocational approach would be better
Higher education needs to be targeted, students spend a fortune studying media studies just so they can work in Costa.
Higher education needs to be targeted, students spend a fortune studying media studies just so they can work in Costa.
Agreed. Maybe students don't need to study 'media studies' or 'latin' or 'medieval art'. Maybe study a subject that will actually get them a job at the end.
Tell that to the Royal College. It is the RC that has pushed up the entry requirements to degree level rather than learning on the job. The days are gone when a Head of Nurse Education would go to Ireland for a week and come back with the next intake of dedicated and compassionate student nurses!
What about the amount that students studying to become doctors have to pay. 5 years is a long time studying with not much thanks at the end of it but a bucket load of debt and don’t get me started on the astronomical figures people think they get as wages when in reality they get little more than the average call centre worker per hour when worked out by the hours they actually do work .
Diddums not want to be on his own for three days? Bless.
Other than a weekly trip to the supermarket, I effectively spent the whole of the first lockdown on my own - working remotely. That is a small price to pay, as is asking students to stay in halls until they have a clear test.
The real question is what sort of person would WANT to go back to their family after a positive test - unless they really hate their parents.
The real question is what sort of person would WANT to go back to their family after a positive test - unless they really hate their parents.
better start on december 3rd because they will all be ignoring distancing and dancing in the streets
Do they follow all the voluntary positives with a 2nd test to confirm. Otherwise the numbers they uncovered in Liverpool with 200k testing found only about 2 times the number that their accuracy figures suggest. Specificity rate of 99.6% should find c800 false positives, if testing that amount. Retesting should pretty much eliminate that and stop many hundreds isolating without reason.
Yes, could well be and you might well be right but even you are not sure
I wouldn't have made that remark but thankfully that is my choice, just as it is their choice to make it
But the real issue comes if you or I were to try to prevent him or her from saying it simply because one might only 'think' that it is inappropriate, we have gone far enough down that road already
I wouldn't have made that remark but thankfully that is my choice, just as it is their choice to make it
But the real issue comes if you or I were to try to prevent him or her from saying it simply because one might only 'think' that it is inappropriate, we have gone far enough down that road already
I agree with your observation that the comment is not a comparable analogy
However, in todays climate I disagree that it was 'blindingly obvious'
In this PC mad world it seemed to me that you could well have been referring to the secondary and not equal reference to (girls), that would have been the expectation by today's standards
So it could be me apologising to you actually
However, in todays climate I disagree that it was 'blindingly obvious'
In this PC mad world it seemed to me that you could well have been referring to the secondary and not equal reference to (girls), that would have been the expectation by today's standards
So it could be me apologising to you actually
Some awful student haters on here tonight I see, thankfully you’re not running the country. My daughter is a first year student and, along with pretty much everyone in her halls caught Covid after 2 weeks, despite following the rules. Dutifully isolated for 2 weeks and, like many students, will now be immune for at least a few months. I feel perfectly safe with her returning home.
As you should. And she'll be fine when she goes back.
Just because she 'had the virus' does not mean she cannot bring it home with her. She I seriously doubt she caught it by following the rules, she was put partying with all the other kids breaking rules.
If you think your child is the exception who is doing everything right, then you're more naive than the uni kids who think the virus isn't dangerous.
If you think your child is the exception who is doing everything right, then you're more naive than the uni kids who think the virus isn't dangerous.
Other than a weekly trip to the supermarket, I effectively spent the whole of the first lockdown on my own - working remotely. That is a small price to pay, as is asking students to stay in halls until they have a clear test.
The real question is what sort of person would WANT to go back to their family after a positive test - unless they really hate their parents.
The real question is what sort of person would WANT to go back to their family after a positive test - unless they really hate their parents.
Don't have one,it's disgraceful how the young are being brainwashed
Any facts or could it be you are the one who has been brainwashed.
I expect students will pay the same attention to being tested as they did to social distancing & washing their hands...
You try social distancing in a house with 100 people in it.
Other than a weekly trip to the supermarket, I effectively spent the whole of the first lockdown on my own - working remotely. That is a small price to pay, as is asking students to stay in halls until they have a clear test.
The real question is what sort of person would WANT to go back to their family after a positive test - unless they really hate their parents.
The real question is what sort of person would WANT to go back to their family after a positive test - unless they really hate their parents.
Err, aren't the pubs re-opening in December with an extended drinking up time ? plenty of opportunity for socialising whilst isolating to further incense the "lock up all the students and throw away the key" brigade. The covid horse bolted around 9 months ago people, just keep that stable door open for it to come limping back when the vaccine is deployed.
I hear you! I came from a poor family. Pot Noodle? Luxury.
My kids (twins) went to seperate Unis and both did really well and found great jobs afterwards.
When talking to them about what I DID and what they DIDN'T do at Uni, we seemed worlds apart.
Different generations. Time for the pipe and slippers methinks. I remember when it were all fields around here etc etc.
My kids (twins) went to seperate Unis and both did really well and found great jobs afterwards.
When talking to them about what I DID and what they DIDN'T do at Uni, we seemed worlds apart.
Different generations. Time for the pipe and slippers methinks. I remember when it were all fields around here etc etc.
The Govt. is demob happy now that big pharma has bailed it out. It's all cost a lot of money, and has destroyed a lot of future prospects, but Boris can get back to bashing the EU now.
What did the government really think was likely to happen when these kids went back to big school? Give me a break. They can't even l;ook after themselves when they are at home. And nor they are letting them home (which is good BUT). They'll all gonuts over Xmas and then we'll all be infected yet again and another lockdown. Madness. Is there anyone in government with a brain cell? Answer is NO!
Hope this isn't the same type of test the govt announced all patient facing NHS staff would have.... ie one that the govt promises but doesnt actually bother providing.
With you there, I have several family members who work in care homes, they are still awaiting the weekly test that were promised to start in June, Guess what no testing to date and now there has been an outbreak .
Yes, could well be and you might well be right but even you are not sure
I wouldn't have made that remark but thankfully that is my choice, just as it is their choice to make it
But the real issue comes if you or I were to try to prevent him or her from saying it simply because one might only 'think' that it is inappropriate, we have gone far enough down that road already
I wouldn't have made that remark but thankfully that is my choice, just as it is their choice to make it
But the real issue comes if you or I were to try to prevent him or her from saying it simply because one might only 'think' that it is inappropriate, we have gone far enough down that road already
When you are dead, you don’t know that you are dead. It is difficult only for others.
It’s same when you are stupid.
When there is no black & white, better to be safe than sorry!
Don’t be Show off& Covidgangster, wear mask.
It’s same when you are stupid.
When there is no black & white, better to be safe than sorry!
Don’t be Show off& Covidgangster, wear mask.
As a Brit in Germany, we've been wearing masks since April. 10 people die in Germany and Angie's talking about a lockdown. 100 people die in England and Boris and Madcock are talking about 'imitating the action of the tiger' and 'stiffening the sinews'. Whilst forgetting 'close the wall up with our English dead'. Or is that Brexit he's talking about? Sorry! Someone had to say the B-word. It's HYS.
Makes sense, it should be mandatory, and they should be returned negative before any are allowed to even look at an exit door.
Let’s remember something you lot, students are human beings so let’s treat them as such, boisterous at times yes but that’s youth, we have all been there. Give them a break
They had one when they went back to Uni in September.
They blew it.
No more breaks.
They blew it.
No more breaks.
No, we have not all been there. This bad behavoir being regarded as usual is nonsense for most. Far more thesecdays are ensconced with their Playstation than 'being boisterous' .
Have I understood the plan here?
1. End lockdown and ease restrictions
2. Allow hundreds of thousands of people to move all over the country from all over the country.
3. When they're home ease the restrictions far more for a while.
4. Allow the hundreds of thousands of people to move all of the country from all over the country again.
5. Express surprise at increased spread of the virus.
1. End lockdown and ease restrictions
2. Allow hundreds of thousands of people to move all over the country from all over the country.
3. When they're home ease the restrictions far more for a while.
4. Allow the hundreds of thousands of people to move all of the country from all over the country again.
5. Express surprise at increased spread of the virus.
Students spread disease more than the general population because they come from all over the country/world and mix in a central location. This is a common and well understood phenomenon and has nothing to do with their morals or behaviour which do not appear to be any worse than the general population's.
Where on earth do you get these stories from. My daughter is up at Loughborough, 5 girls in one house, all self isolating voluntarily and working, only going to the library if need be, will all drive back in one car and drop off as required. They're not alone either. Many students have more sense than the general public. Foreign students do the same BYW
It would be more sensible to test them before they return to uni. That caused big spikes in every university town and city before and it will again. No logic to it.
The most sensible would be to test before they go home, then again before they return. I have read that this is the approach being considered but we don't know what the position will be in January
It should be mandatory!! The scenes caught on camera of many students partying and drinking whilst on lockdown was an absolute disgrace and and complete insult to the rest of us law abiders not to mention those who have since died and those on the front line.
The reason the R level went up was due to students.
Shame on you!
Take your tests, go home and stay home!
You are not welcome back!!!
The reason the R level went up was due to students.
Shame on you!
Take your tests, go home and stay home!
You are not welcome back!!!
It is ridiculous that student Nurses are expected to rack up huge debts while generally having to work far harder than the average student. It is right that their skills are recognised with a degree, but a more vocational approach would be better
Higher education needs to be targeted, students spend a fortune studying media studies just so they can work in Costa.
Higher education needs to be targeted, students spend a fortune studying media studies just so they can work in Costa.
Is there a window for SNP MP's including irresponsible ones who refuse to resign?
Quite a lot of students are picked up by their parents still so surely they could reasonably travel at any point in time since they aren't likely to contact others on the way except in the covid exchange or motorway services as they are known.
All indoor public spaces are a bad - supermarkets spring to mind.
Quite a lot of students are picked up by their parents still so surely they could reasonably travel at any point in time since they aren't likely to contact others on the way except in the covid exchange or motorway services as they are known.
All indoor public spaces are a bad - supermarkets spring to mind.
Regarding "covid exchange or motorway services as they are known" -- motorway service areas tend to include an outside area with trees, where some people may be able to do what would otherwise require entering the building.
I agree with your observation that the comment is not a comparable analogy
However, in todays climate I disagree that it was 'blindingly obvious'
In this PC mad world it seemed to me that you could well have been referring to the secondary and not equal reference to (girls), that would have been the expectation by today's standards
So it could be me apologising to you actually
However, in todays climate I disagree that it was 'blindingly obvious'
In this PC mad world it seemed to me that you could well have been referring to the secondary and not equal reference to (girls), that would have been the expectation by today's standards
So it could be me apologising to you actually
If you could guarantee against false positives this would be fine
But the evidence is suggesting there is still way to many false positives leading to 1 in 200 student being wrongly asked to remain behind
This isolation of say 1 student in a hall is effectively solitary confinement (which whilst better in an era of social media) is still bordering on the cruel et al
2nd test in 2 days please
But the evidence is suggesting there is still way to many false positives leading to 1 in 200 student being wrongly asked to remain behind
This isolation of say 1 student in a hall is effectively solitary confinement (which whilst better in an era of social media) is still bordering on the cruel et al
2nd test in 2 days please
University is a strange place now. Back in my day, would have that much alcohol in me it would have killed any virus stone dead
We had random drugs tests in the army.
I had one once on a Friday morning about 9am (Thursday is the big drinking army night :- Squadron Bar Day).
I was struggling that much to go.....When I finally gave my sample to the sergeant, he replied....'F*£k me Jones....Drinking Foster's last night or have you just poured some in this' hehe
I had one once on a Friday morning about 9am (Thursday is the big drinking army night :- Squadron Bar Day).
I was struggling that much to go.....When I finally gave my sample to the sergeant, he replied....'F*£k me Jones....Drinking Foster's last night or have you just poured some in this' hehe
I have a lot of concern that we’ve just stopped reporting on the low sensitivity of these tests. Depending on which study you look at, the sensitivity of PCR on nose/throat swabs might be as low as 60%. I think we’ve all stopped talking about this because we don’t have any better options. I think it’s still important to be aware that you can get a negative result even if you do have COVID.
And a positive one if you don't. That's why they're making them take two tests. For once, a sensible idea. Two negative tests and off you go!
I think they are using lateral flow not PCR and they will have two tests . In Liverpool, a person with positive lateral flow is also offered a PCR. sensible move
Good point. They also generate a small % of false positives. This is why pre-Covid doctors only tended to use PCR tests to confirm a diagnosis when a patient has presented with symptoms. Use of such tests for randomised population tests is never going to give particularly reliable outputs.
better start on december 3rd because they will all be ignoring distancing and dancing in the streets
I have a lot of concern that we’ve just stopped reporting on the low sensitivity of these tests. Depending on which study you look at, the sensitivity of PCR on nose/throat swabs might be as low as 60%. I think we’ve all stopped talking about this because we don’t have any better options. I think it’s still important to be aware that you can get a negative result even if you do have COVID.
Some awful student haters on here tonight I see, thankfully you’re not running the country. My daughter is a first year student and, along with pretty much everyone in her halls caught Covid after 2 weeks, despite following the rules. Dutifully isolated for 2 weeks and, like many students, will now be immune for at least a few months. I feel perfectly safe with her returning home.
Is there a window for SNP MP's including irresponsible ones who refuse to resign?
Quite a lot of students are picked up by their parents still so surely they could reasonably travel at any point in time since they aren't likely to contact others on the way except in the covid exchange or motorway services as they are known.
All indoor public spaces are a bad - supermarkets spring to mind.
Quite a lot of students are picked up by their parents still so surely they could reasonably travel at any point in time since they aren't likely to contact others on the way except in the covid exchange or motorway services as they are known.
All indoor public spaces are a bad - supermarkets spring to mind.
Maybe your family members should be looking at their employer for answers as to why they haven't had their weekly tests. My wife started working in a care home in August and has been receiving a weekly test from day 1.
I wouldn't put it past some of these companies who own care homes to be purposely with-holding testing to avoid losing employees for 2 weeks if anyone tests positive.
I wouldn't put it past some of these companies who own care homes to be purposely with-holding testing to avoid losing employees for 2 weeks if anyone tests positive.
On the twelve days of Christmas Covid made me:
£12,000 in debt (per year)
11 friends infected
10 Bog rolls
9 essays to write
8 months to normal
7 days a week on pasta
6 pack of supermarket lager
5 Tins of Tuna!
4 relations paying
3 Vitamin D tabs
2 jabs of Vaccine
And 1 Year missed!
£12,000 in debt (per year)
11 friends infected
10 Bog rolls
9 essays to write
8 months to normal
7 days a week on pasta
6 pack of supermarket lager
5 Tins of Tuna!
4 relations paying
3 Vitamin D tabs
2 jabs of Vaccine
And 1 Year missed!