My un-jabbed wife and sister in law attended the remarkable Tom Jones in Belfast. To get in they did a rapid antigen test, sent free from the NHS & self reported the result. She put in “ negative” and received back a text saying “ You are negative” Think about that for 1 second
— Winston Smith MD (@reasonoverfear) August 11, 2021
Oh.
Last night.
Custom House Square, Belfast.
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not clear what’s the complaint here?
that antigen tests are a gateway to an event?
or that it was a self-declaration scheme on the result side of it?
That vaccine passports are stupid and serve no real purpose maybe?
Self-declaration will probably yield less covid +ve people going in than if it was just vax only.
Absolutely- nobody is going to go to an event after an infectious result. Vaccinated on the other hand could all be infectious without knowing it.
Ireland is completely out of step with international opinion on rapid antigen testing now, and nobody is being called to account for it.
“Ireland is completely out of step with international opinion on rapid antigen testing now, and nobody is being called to account for it.”
… but you don’t believe in Covid as being a big issue in the first place so why would you take/want us to waste money on an antigen test..
Because it is the most accurate means of determining who is or is not infectious?
Why is the NPHET quango so against it when it is used everywhere else? Just this morning I spoke to someone who tests her entire company twice a week- what is so different about social situations?
I wouldn’t be too sure about that.
Those who think the fun police are out, will take the antigen test and go regardless of the result.
There are also those who wont take an adequate test sample because it hurts or makes their eyes water. Will get a negative test.
Self testing is only as reliable as those prudent enough to carry out the test correctly.
Yes, but even with all that in mind – theres likely to be as many or more fully vaxxed people who have it given the vaccine reduces your risk of acquiring covid from 2/25 to 1/25.
The unvaxxed get tested (even if some do it poorly) but none of the vaxxed are tested, despite being only half as likely to catch covid.
So people can be trusted in the north but not in the south is it?
It would be very rare for someone to knowingly risk passing it on to others- because most people are decent like that.
Plenty of people have knowingly risked passing on the virus.
People knew they were risking passing it on when they attended indoor parties of unvaccinated people. You don’t need a positive test to know there is a risk, the nature of risk is that there is uncertainty.
“Absolutely- nobody is going to go to an event after an infectious result.”
Really, have you ever met people? They have been known to be quite selfish, even greedy so I can well imagine infectious people chancing attending a gig even though they are a risk to others.
i dont get the “think about it for 1 second” is there a pun on negative as in they are being very negativfe in allowing this. or is there a tom jones lyric there.
i would love to see TJ. But like knitting or afternoon tea, im not in the right demographic.
It’s not unusual.
I’m thinking about how his wife and sister in law are twits.
In days past women would throw their knickers at Tom. Today they throw their incontinence pads . Just a random thought