[bots]

it's kind of difficult to go by the number of cases due to the holiday and the lack of test kits

[Vanessa]

Cases will go up until they reach the peak. Then they will go down.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by MeghansLetterToSanta

it's kind of difficult to go by the number of cases due to the holiday and the lack of test kits

You’d expect our numbers in Gtr Manchester to be plummeting given the shortage of tests/ test kits not increasing by 100% +


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[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Zizu

You’d expect our numbers in Gtr Manchester to be plummeting given the shortage of tests/ test kits not increasing by 100% +


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I've not had a problem getting test kits. The number of people testing has increased due to more mixing over the christmas period. I expect the cases to keep rising for a while yet, people want extra time off work so will test now to see if they've caught it so they will have to isolate over the next week or so.

I know loads of people who have tested positive in the last week or so.....no one is particularly poorly but are isolating

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

I've not had a problem getting test kits. The number of people testing has increased due to more mixing over the christmas period. I expect the cases to keep rising for a while yet, people want extra time off work so will test now to see if they've caught it so they will have to isolate over the next week or so.

I know loads of people who have tested positive in the last week or so.....no one is particularly poorly but are isolating

They’ve been reporting shortages of PCI and Lateral Flow tests in the uk for a few days ...


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[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Zizu

They’ve been reporting shortages of PCI and Lateral Flow tests in the uk for a few days ...


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Maybe this is why the infection rate has supposedly gone down in the past few days in London ...
It ain’t science of the ticket tbh

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[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Zizu

They’ve been reporting shortages of PCI and Lateral Flow tests in the uk for a few days ...


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The media also reported a lack of fuel which there never was. I have been able to collect tests for my house and my dads with no problems over the christmas week. People have panicked and stick piled as they did with fuel. It will sort itself out again like the fuel did

[user104658]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

The media also reported a lack of fuel which there never was. I have been able to collect tests for my house and my dads with no problems over the christmas week. People have panicked and stick piled as they did with fuel. It will sort itself out again like the fuel did

To be fair yes that's true of LF tests, but some areas (mainly around London) did have a shortage of PCR tests at testing centres as well, and that can't be down to panic stockpiling. It can only be down to either genuinely more cases needing tested, or I guess some "panic testing" - people being more inclined to go for a PCR to "make sure" when they have very minimal symptoms and negative LF tests (and probably just have a sniffle). The ratio of positive/negative tests should show that if it's the case, though.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Toy Santa

To be fair yes that's true of LF tests, but some areas (mainly around London) did have a shortage of PCR tests at testing centres as well, and that can't be down to panic stockpiling. It can only be down to either genuinely more cases needing tested, or I guess some "panic testing" - people being more inclined to go for a PCR to "make sure" when they have very minimal symptoms and negative LF tests (and probably just have a sniffle). The ratio of positive/negative tests should show that if it's the case, though.

That is correct about the test centres in London ( and surrounding areas) running out / being desperately low yet the media and even a few in here are happy to state as facts that there are NO shortages and if there are they are simply down to the public stockpiling


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