jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
On the assumption that you do regular tests now. Will you buy the tests continue to test even if not showing symptoms
Lateral Flow tests
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Orikoru
Tour Winner
Errr..?
jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
spotted straight away and edited
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
Logically I'd prob get a box .. if any of us feel rough quick test
And test before meeting up with family / friends
And test before meeting up with family / friends
Pathetic Shark
Tour Rookie
Why do I have this image of Del Boy selling a suitcase full of lateral flow tests claiming they were flown here directly from Albania?
Beedee
Assistant Pro
Voted Yes. My parents are very elderly and both have health issues. When I see them I'll be testing myself before I go. Can't stand the thought that I might give it to them without even doing something as simple as an LFT.
DanFST
Head Pro
No for me - I don't directly see anyone vulnerable.
I don't quite fit the question in that I do not regularly test now. If I show symptoms after April 1st then I would buy a lft though. I would not want to knowingly pass this on.
My wife visits her mum in a care home and she has to test before each visit. Even if the care home change their strategy, I don't expect they will for some time yet, she would still test before visiting for quite a while. She would not want the guilt of knowing that she took covid into a care home, no matter that they were all triple, or quadruple, jabbed.
My wife visits her mum in a care home and she has to test before each visit. Even if the care home change their strategy, I don't expect they will for some time yet, she would still test before visiting for quite a while. She would not want the guilt of knowing that she took covid into a care home, no matter that they were all triple, or quadruple, jabbed.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Yes…though as me and my Mrs provide care and support to a highly vulnerable individual I’m rather hoping that, as a matter of principle for wider than just ourselves, we will be able to get LFTs free.
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Yes. When and where necessary.
Boots to start selling tests at £6 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60486323
I wonder if we're get another rush to stockpile like pasta and toilet rolls at the very start of all this
I wonder if we're get another rush to stockpile like pasta and toilet rolls at the very start of all this
AmandaJR
Money List Winner
Yes for personal reasons/events but not the twice weekly for work unless they provide them.
Bunkermagnet
Journeyman Pro
If they're tax deductable, then yes. Otherwise when my current stock is gone, probably not.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Hmmmm. I pray that as a country we do not reap the harvest of this that we sow...and that the seeds currently being sown, re testing, fall on more fertile ground than currently seems to be, and likely become, the case.
4LEX
Well-known member
I visit my Gran in a care home a few times a week and she and the residents on her floor are high risk. They hand out free kits so I'll continue to test before as I'd hate to be the cause of anyone ending up seriously ill, or worse. Apart from that I'd only take a test if I felt rough.
What pious twaddle. Moving on and taking personal responsibility for what an individual perceives as risky or not have been thoroughly discussed. A decision has been made and we have to abide by the changes implemented and everyone has to adjust and make their own calls. If circumstances change I am sure requirements will change accordingly and we'll adapt again
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
"Some countries have placed a price cap on Covid tests, such as Spain which has a £2.45 maximum price cap. In France, single tests retail sell for just over £1."
I accept that we can't go on forever providing free tests, but it's pretty disgraceful that they are going to be so expensive here compared to abroad. Don't know whether its profiteering or design to put people off testing, but either way, it's not right.
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
The article I read (sorry can't find it ATM) said it was £6 ATM and will reduce when they become not free anymore (April)
I wonder what the cost per unit is wholesale etc because for one no vat should be applied .. no extra costs should be applied
If their gonna cost they should litterally be no more than they cost to put on that shelf
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Families and individuals already struggling to keep afloat, and who will be very hard hit by gas and electricity prices in a couple of months time, are not going to be able to afford to buy LFTs and little incentive to do so when they don’t have to, and even if inclined by their sense of personal responsibility won’t have accurate data on the prevalence of the virus in their community to inform their decision.
Easiest thing to do for the poorest is to reinstate the £20/week pandemic supplement to UC. That at least would go a good way to covering the cost of any LFTs, and when not required for that purpose would ease the burden brought on by increases in power costs.
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Yes, if Mum gets Covid again it'll probably kill her. As such I test a lot, if I'm going to be seeing her. So I will carry on doing so.
