Didn’t realise using your democratic right to question and criticise the government was ‘peddling hate’ these days, Boris got us all screwed up

they should have waited a few days then before releasing the figures then , because you cant send out a home test and have it back the same day :shrug:

I hope we get data on how many of these home tests get returned because I reckon many are ordering them just in case

Where did I

Exactly.

Exactly my point. Tests sent out are not an accurate indicator of how many have been done so far.

Yet the only hate being peddled in the thread is the desperate need to make this about "labour supporters". When you can't find a counter argument, I guess.

not what it says here
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/115056...s-cases-surge/

You cannot trust tabloid fodder why do people believe them.

The Sun?

Ah yes disprove a tabloid with... a tabloid

Not the Sun? Probably even worse

https://i.imgur.com/1VxKv1v.gif

Yes tabloid fodder I was pointing out the way they ALL spin things to suit, The Mail,The Sun ALL trash.

I doubt you can believe any paper atm..all it can be is gossip over the phone and not face to face interviews.

You didn't get it at all did you ?I was not disproving anything , I was not saying the Sun was any better,they are ALL trash and to be taken with a pinch of salt.

Well they've got nowhere near that figure since they cooked the numbers on the last day of their self imposed deadline, so I think it's fairly to safe to say that it was yet another completely unnecessary lie that folks will defend them for.

I thought they'd reach their target by having Priti Patel read out the results.

It is interesting the target hasn't been met since 30th April, they say they have 108,000 are there just not enough looking for a test or are the tests not available, hard to say.

It’s not exactly clear how to get a home test, I thought I was showing symptoms so google “home testing corona kit” and all that came up was articles about it

You’d have thought the first result would be whichever gov site you get them from :conf2:

Go on here, and apply for one

https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

they have home tests showing as available if you need one

How do you want to take the coronavirus test?

By requesting a home test kit AVAILABLE
You can ask for a kit for yourself and anyone else you live with who has coronavirus symptoms. There is an identity check for home test kits.

By visiting a regional test site in England AVAILABLE
You or someone you live with must have a car to get to a local test site

By visiting a regional test site in Wales NONE AVAILABLE
You or someone you live with must have a car to get to a local test site

By visiting a regional test site in Scotland AVAILABLE
You or someone you live with must have a car to get to a local test site

By visiting a regional test site in Northern Ireland AVAILABLE
You or someone you live with must have a car to get to a local test site

It's also interesting that the government said they did 122k tests but a few days later we still don't even have the capacity beyond 108k.

Is capacity at sites, I just don't know any more :laugh:

they have the capacity for 100k tests a day. That doesnt mean 100k will occur, i dont know why thats so hard to understand :laugh:

Especially now the amount of new cases appear to be dropping.

No curiosity about why they made the big deal of 122k tests on the last day of their target, but haven't got close since, and don't even have the capacity to test the amount they said they did?

He said they were aiming to carry out 100k tests a day, not have the capacity to do so

Boris has stated that the next aim is 200,000 tests by the end of May, which is great, however they’re still failing to reach the 100,000 target daily :/

No! They said they'd hit the 'target' and they did, it's important to have a 'target' because 'targets' look good on paper.
The govt haven't failed on anything...look at the 'target'!

As if you don't find the 'target' important or relative here..

It's easy retest 20,000 people 10 times...sorted

And you don’t think someone in a lab would clock this with there being a database of results with names? and wouldn’t go to the press? Or are they making up names and details of where to send the results as well

Did you get one? home tests are unavailable now

testing for the virus is completely unimportant at this stage in the cycle. People with severe symptoms are admitted to hospital and treated. Those who tested negative yesterday, could test positive today.

Testing comes into its own when the number of infections is at a manageable level, so capacity at that point is unimportant.

If we get to a point in the future where a specific treatment is available for covid patients then testing becomes important again, but at the moment its a complete red herring

What do you expect when people aren't taking up the offer of being tested.

Has Smithy succumbed before testing or is he just a rude little bitch :oh:

He's always been a rude little madam.

I’ve not got it, it was Last week and whatever I had cleared up, but thanks, good to know for he future :hee:

It was reported on the governments website that a percentage of the tests recorded were retests, it's not a secret.