[James]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

I had testers turn up at my door earlier, gave me a testing kit and said they'd pick it up after an hour (which they did), but it was all just a bit Gestapowy. They were on about the trying to get a handle the new variant, but I had no idea they were just rocking up at doors these days.

I'm not a conspiracy theorist so was happy to do the test, but even I was a bit weirded out by it.

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

the idea is that they try and test everyone in an area to see if there are any asymptomatic cases found that may have gone under the radar and be making the infection rate worse. But yes, someone randomly appearing at the door to take a sample is invading privacy a tad

I was just thinking how it's a bit strange for someone turning up at your door asking to stick something up your nose (if that's how they do it?).