@B3 - I think the rest of the family are ok and won't have to isolate, because Mum & child 1 have just had Covid so can't get it again immediately, and child 2 didn't catch it from Mum and sibling so - presumably - isn't going to get it from Dad either... (why not? Dunno.)
Presumably if you've had Covid, you're considered to be immune from catching it again immediately, but for how long? I guess BoJo had it long enough ago that he's at risk again.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I'd say they are... though I've not gone into the self-isolating bit deeply. We were all issued with a big chart showing what we are allowed to do in different situations (eg work, travel, social gatherings etc) at the different levels of lockdown, so there's no wiggle room. Very clear and comprehensive. And - unlike in England - the "powers that be" decided what the rules were going to be, and issued them to the public, before bringing in the restrictions. Hence Ireland now has one of the lowest infection rates in Europe...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Does anyone know what the mass testing in Liverpool is trying to show? From what I can gather, about 100,000 tests have been performed over what I think is about 2 weeks.
I had assumed that the testing was going to be rapid so that a snapshot of the virus could be taken, but it seems, that going by the current testing rate, the city won't be fully 'tested' until next year. What would that then prove? As people who initially tested negative may by the end be positive and the untested positive cases are still spreading the virus and may well do for another month.
I said months ago, people wouldn't self isolate when testing positive, (not that I am a cinic you understand, have done psychology for several years) aparently these ridiculously expensive tracers are only reaching 6 out of 10 people anyway.One of my daughters friends of many years,Julie was on Breakfast ITV yesterday morning, her poor Husband Steve still very poorly and been hospitalised since March
@steveTu the purpose is to trial the concept of mass testing (the logistics, response and escalation), to gain data for an analysis that compares rPCR (accurate lab test) with lateral flow ("20 mins on a stick"), and while they're at it to see if further asymptomatic cases can be identified to give better prevalence data similar to the REACT study.
It's not to immediately identify and round up all the people with the virus in the next 5 days, leaving the city virus-free. So you're absolutely right about the "fully tested" timeline problem, but I think the issue is maybe the naming or lack of explanation of what it's for. This isn't mass testing as per China, where culture and society enforces compliance to test millions in a few days. It's to trial run how a UK wide testing programme could work in future, to give hard data (as opposed to the extrapolated estimates that are currently used), and inform response in case of a further outbreak. And to do this in a western democracy context.
All that aside there are still issues with the methodology, but hard data is always useful.
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Presumably if you've had Covid, you're considered to be immune from catching it again immediately, but for how long? I guess BoJo had it long enough ago that he's at risk again.
It's not to immediately identify and round up all the people with the virus in the next 5 days, leaving the city virus-free. So you're absolutely right about the "fully tested" timeline problem, but I think the issue is maybe the naming or lack of explanation of what it's for. This isn't mass testing as per China, where culture and society enforces compliance to test millions in a few days. It's to trial run how a UK wide testing programme could work in future, to give hard data (as opposed to the extrapolated estimates that are currently used), and inform response in case of a further outbreak. And to do this in a western democracy context.
All that aside there are still issues with the methodology, but hard data is always useful.