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The official guidence is that LFT are only to be used if you DO NOT have symptoms. If you have symptoms you should instead be getting a PCR (lab) test. Officia
by oakesm9 5y ago
The official guidence is that LFT are only to be used if you DO NOT have symptoms. If you have symptoms you should instead be getting a PCR (lab) test.
Official guidence:
> There are different tests you can get to check if you have coronavirus (COVID-19). The test you need depends on why you're getting tested.
> The 2 main tests are:
> PCR tests – mainly for people with symptoms, they're sent to a lab to be checked
> rapid lateral flow tests – only for people who do not have symptoms, they give a quick result using a device similar to a pregnancy test
> Both tests are free.
Source: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing/get-tested-for-coronavirus/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing/g...
- shmel 5y agoWell, the symptoms according to the NHS are fever, cough and loss of smell/taste. If you have runny nose and sore throat, you don't have coronavirus symptoms. Technically. So you take a LFT, right?
- samwillis 5y agoThat was my interpretation.
- doubled112 5y agoIt confuses me how different the rules and "truths" are all over the world. At least when I caught Delta I had a sore throat and a runny nose to start. That was it for a couple of days. There was an outbreak in my children's school so the family went to get tested. It was only after that I got a cough and fever (and positive result). It wasn't until about day five I noticed I couldn't smell. Public health where I'm at says basically everything is a possible Coronavirus symptom. They list headache, sore throat, runny/stuffy nose, congestion, fatigue, muscle aches, nausea, vomiting and/or diarrhea, inability to smell, and pink eye.