I suppose the worrying / positive thing is how many cases there could actually be.How are there any positive tests if no one can get one done?
Just been up to the ricoh as still cannot get a test.
Cannot just turn up (as i thought) but got told can only book online. When i explained look i need a test result for the purposes of work paying me/thinking I'm taking the piss it was 'well if you cant get a test online then there's nothing we can do'
I know they're doing their job but its empty. Standing round doing absolutely shit all
I’m coughing intermittently with sneezes and a headache but what you’re saying worries me because I can’t afford a few weeks off thanks to a cold
Worst thing about these people is that they get paid for standing around doing nothing, so they have no incentive to use their discretion. Its typical of all kinds of compliance officers - they just push the problem away so they don't have to do anything.Just been up to the ricoh as still cannot get a test.
Cannot just turn up (as i thought) but got told can only book online. When i explained look i need a test result for the purposes of work paying me/thinking I'm taking the piss it was 'well if you cant get a test online then there's nothing we can do'
I know they're doing their job but its empty. Standing round doing absolutely shit all
I understand why you're worried, same here, which is why its such a travesty we cant get a test.
How many people are going to be the same as us and cant afford time off so will go into work thinking 'just a cold' and unwittingly spread the virus
All because tests are impossible to get
I’m coughing intermittently with sneezes and a headache but what you’re saying worries me because I can’t afford a few weeks off thanks to a cold
Worst thing about these people is that they get paid for standing around doing nothing, so they have no incentive to use their discretion. Its typical of all kinds of compliance officers - they just push the problem away so they don't have to do anything.
I do think they’re prioritising teachers. God knows though. Just saw an MP on Twitter saying the same as me and saddlebrains had: nothing at all online but empty test centres that won’t take you unless you book online.
It isn't their fault, don't fall into the trap of blaming under utilised people for the piss poor service design from DH & SercoWorst thing about these people is that they get paid for standing around doing nothing, so they have no incentive to use their discretion. Its typical of all kinds of compliance officers - they just push the problem away so they don't have to do anything.
It isn't their fault, don't fall into the trap of blaming under utilised people for the piss poor service design from DH & Serco
Agreed, I take back the literal statementIt isn't their fault, don't fall into the trap of blaming under utilised people for the piss poor service design from DH & Serco
As above, yep. Resources going where they should not be going and money being thrown down the drain.Theyve been told to stop taking people without booking apparently (again according to this MP on Twitter). If the booking system worked that’s fair enough, but clearly it doesn’t.
I was infected with coronavirus in March, six months on I’m still unwell
Charlie Russell, 27, is one of an estimated 600,000 people with post-Covid illness, a condition that may give an insight into chronic fatigue syndromewww.theguardian.com
Don’t worry though Grendel knows it doesn’t affect anyone under 65
Of course it does but its a tiny tiny proportion of the population. The response has to be proportionate - more of that age group will die of alcohol and drug abuse and wreckless driving - will you ban all those things to protect the tiny few?
.... we do ban drug abuse. And wreckless driving.
New drivers only get 6 point allowance for the first two years from passing their test. It’s illegal to be in possession of drugs. There’s deterrence from taking action that can harm you. Why should it be any different for a pandemic that’s killing people?We don't as you have admitted and indeed boasted of a drug habit I believe - so its a passive response. Also banning drivers who have already killed themselves is not a ban is it - and all stats prove young drivers are far more at risk of an early death than from the dreaded COVID. Also its very odd as the BLM protests were blatant infringements of any "rules" at the time were they not and yet I suspect Pete would not be reporting them but would if 7 people turned up at a house next door.
We don't as you have admitted and indeed boasted of a drug habit I believe - so its a passive response. Also banning drivers who have already killed themselves is not a ban is it - and all stats prove young drivers are far more at risk of an early death than from the dreaded COVID. Also its very odd as the BLM protests were blatant infringements of any "rules" at the time were they not and yet I suspect Pete would not be reporting them but would if 7 people turned up at a house next door.
“If I had known that I’d be this ill, I would have taken everything a lot more seriously back in March,” Russell said. “But all that we heard back then was that if you were infected and you were a young person, you’d most likely not have any symptoms at all. Or you’d be ill for a couple of weeks and that would be it.”
Of course it does but its a tiny tiny proportion of the population. The response has to be proportionate - more of that age group will die of alcohol and drug abuse and wreckless driving - will you ban all those things to protect the tiny few?
Aren’t they double counting the tests so the actual number of people being tested is about half of the number of tests?This is correct. I’m not sure how many tests were carried out last week but guessing around 1.2m and out of those only around 20k actually had it. Around 1.7% (of people who thought they had it have actually got it). Obviously there’s a stack of people who haven’t been able to be tested who think they’ve got it, but far more who don’t think they’ve got it/haven’t got it.
Thats not excusing the testing capacity (lab) issue which I still haven’t seen reasoning/justification for, just a little perspective.
This is correct. I’m not sure how many tests were carried out last week but guessing around 1.2m and out of those only around 20k actually had it. Around 1.7% (of people who thought they had it have actually got it). Obviously there’s a stack of people who haven’t been able to be tested who think they’ve got it, but far more who don’t think they’ve got it/haven’t got it.
Thats not excusing the testing capacity (lab) issue which I still haven’t seen reasoning/justification for, just a little perspective.
Aren’t they double counting the tests so the actual number of people being tested is about half of the number of tests?
The positive cases to tests ratio is rising sharply
This is correct. I’m not sure how many tests were carried out last week but guessing around 1.2m and out of those only around 20k actually had it. Around 1.7% (of people who thought they had it have actually got it). Obviously there’s a stack of people who haven’t been able to be tested who think they’ve got it, but far more who don’t think they’ve got it/haven’t got it.
Thats not excusing the testing capacity (lab) issue which I still haven’t seen reasoning/justification for, just a little perspective.
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