The UK’s delta surge is collapsing

Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing by kmlx on Monday August 02, 2021 @06:13PM (#28043356)

i think schools closing, euros ending, the nhs covid19 app ping and holidays starting are actually contributing to a lower number. scotland’s early school holiday should correlate at least part of this hypothesis.

a couple of q’s thou:

1. where do you report lateral flow tests? i do mine at home every day as my work sent out boxes of them.

2. if a lateral flow is positive, aren’t you supposed to do another and then a pcr test?

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Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing by kevinbowman on Monday August 02, 2021 @06:59PM (#28043753)

> where do you report lateral flow tests?

https://www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result

> if a lateral flow is positive...

I imagine that that report result site will refer you for a PCR test, although thankfully I've never personally been in that position.

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Re:The UK’s delta surge is collapsing by dTal on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @10:00AM (#28049271)

That's exactly what happens. False positives with lateral flow tests are not unknown. In fact, if the prior probability of having covid is less than about 0.5%, you still have <50% probability of having covid even with a positive lateral flow.

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