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Indeed, it appears that this is somewhat redundant. A majority, if not all, of the rapid tests I have used explicitly caution against taking one in the absence
by BoxFour 3y ago
Indeed, it appears that this is somewhat redundant.
A majority, if not all, of the rapid tests I have used explicitly caution against taking one in the absence of symptoms, as it is expected to yield negligible results.
- tinco 3y agoI got stuck in the United States, was not allowed to fly back home until I got a negative result on a rapid test. It still took a week to test negative after I'd been symptom free.
- BoxFour 3y agoRegrettably, there are individuals who exhibit evident symptoms yet would gladly travel and deceive on a simple questionnaire. That might explain why governments adopt a blanket rapid test approach irrespective of the potential for false positives (even given the potential, as the article alludes to, for false negatives).
- mullingitover 3y agoThis fact is evidence for my hypothesis that humans are engineered by viruses as a means of transportation.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoIn the same manner that humans have been domesticated by wheat, with all the best land, food, water, and cushiest existence on the planet. (I believe that this was a comment by Niven or Heinlein.)
- jrmg 3y agoYou’re now expected just to mask up and travel. Recently just had this experience with a family member. Airline would not do anything at all. Travel agent (website) would only book a new flight, but not refund the old one - they said (probably truthfully) that the airline ties their hands. Travel insurance would only pay out if the trip was _cut short_ because of a COVID diagnosis (how does that even work?), or if they were placed under mandatory quarantine by a government authority. Seems unethical to me on all fronts but that’s how things are. I suppose it’s not much different to how people are now, in most countries, just expected to go to work unless they’re heavily symptomatic (and even the “unless they’re heavily symptomatic” seems like lip-service that is not universally observed).
- jrmg 3y agoActually, maybe I should amend that. “You’re now expected just to mask up and travel” is really “You’re now expected just to travel”. The considerate may mask up of their own volition - no one is enforcing it, and there are barely any recommendations.
- dboreham 3y ago14 days here
- belltaco 3y agoWere you a citizen or permanent resident of the country you call home? As far as I know almost no countries put restrictions on their own citizens from returning. Some had quarantine requirements.
- talldatethrow 3y agoTheir country might have let them in if they showed up at the border/customs.... But they weren't allowed on a commercial plane flight probably.
- tinco 3y agoNo restrictions, but they offered no way of getting home either. My colleague had the same problem when she wanted to visit her dying grandfather in Japan. They weren't letting sick people in even if they did manage to get on a flight. For me the problem was mostly the flight.
- harha 3y agoAnd yet they made it in policies all around the world with lots of people involved poking around in the other peoples noses and throats.
- basisword 3y agoI’ve never seen a rapid test done by anyone other than the person taking the test. And most now only require a small nose swab rather than nose and throat. In fact any PCR tests I did were also self-administered (with guidance) so that the patient didn’t accidentally cough/sneeze on the nurse.
- harha 3y agoIn many European and Asian countries this was the prerequisite to get approval from the app to not be locked up
- gjulianm 3y agoPrecisely the point of most of those policies was to use rapid tests to ensure you weren't being infections at that moment or close to it. I honestly don't know what's so controversial about them.
- harha 3y agoI can figure out for myself if I have symptoms or not
- Broken_Hippo 3y agoSo? That's not the point. You and I both know that not everyone will be upfront about symptoms. The tests are there to attempt to cut down on this.
- maxbond 3y agoSometimes in society, we adopt laws that are about keeping other people safe more than they are about keeping yourself comfortable. You might feel inconvenienced. Ultimately, you're the beneficiary of this too. Your life is going to be a lot longer, because the people around you are occasionally inconvenienced for your benefit. If this isn't acceptable to you, I'm sorry about that, that's tough.