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Here is the weekly Wednesday antigen test. Once again looking good. But today someone told me that doing a test every week when I have no symptoms seemed excessive since there is no protocol in place for doing so. What do you think? I think most “official” protocols are politically-based, rather than science-based. I also think that taking a weekly test isn’t just about me feeling safer, it’s also about being responsible, for my clients and also for my flat mate, now that I am sharing my home again. And now that the price of a test has been government regulated to just under 3€ it’s not exactly a financial issue, and it only takes 15 minutes.
My feeling is that people so desperately wanting to get back to “normal” haven’t yet grasped the fact that that ship has sailed, and that “living with Covid” means that many things that were normal before are going to have to change and will probably be changed forever. I’m okay with that. Why wouldn’t I be? How about you?
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I think you’re absolutely right: you’re being responsible.
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I think all the people telling you not to “live in fear” are actually saying “Stop that because you’re scaring me.” I’m waiting for someone to catcall me over wearing my KN95 out of doors. (The fact is, I’ve never had less sinus trouble in my life, after finding what breathign the warm. moist air you get inside a mask will do.) That may in fact be excessive because I don’t have the crowded streets you do — some days I never see anyone at all now that it’s cold — but if I come around a corner into a family of squealing kids I want to be covered.
So hell yeah, test regularly. The whole POINT of a test is to find out something before you learn it the hard way. This is something the US still has not gotten, and by the way, the four tests that I was supposed to get free through the postal service still haven’t shown up after three weeks. So that was performative. Deciding what to do about having some on hand, granted we do not go anywhere that we would be breathing other people’s air.
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I have had a recent change of employment. In my patient facing NHS role, I had to test twice a week and wear full PPE. Suddenly I am in a large open plan office, no face-masks, no testing required, no social distancing. It is very strange for me to get used to. I am still testing at home just because I have a stack of tests, and also because in my old job I walked to work, in my new job, I am on public transport and very close to other passengers who are not wearing masks, some of whom are coughing and spluttering. I almost feel as if I am more likely to catch covid now….so I even though my job does not require me to, I will test for my own peace of mind.
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