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Originally Posted by Pierre
Genuine question.
If you test positive on a Lat flow, and then decide to double check on either a 2nd Lat flow or PCR and test positive again. Is that recorded as 2no. Positive tests? Or do the ONS scrub the second test?
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They record the first positive test. People testing positive after the 1st one don't count again.
But I don't think a positive LFT really counts as a positive test until it's been confirmed by PCR. If you test positive on a LFT presumably it tells you to book a PCR test.
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One thing which is interesting about the announcement (which I still think he couldn't have been less clear on in some parts) is the whole isolation change.
So, understandably now anyone who's a close contact of a new variant case has to isolate, even if they're vaccinated. Makes sense if we don't know how the vaccine works yet. But this is easier said than done now venues don't need QR codes or to take contact details of people. No-one's going to know who was on the number 32 bus with them (and it would be a bit tricky getting the driver to log contact details of all passengers or even those who can't scan a QR code). So if you're called for contact tracing then you might be able to say where you were and what time but they won't know who else was there, unless you know them.
Even saying face masks in shops - what's a shop anyway? What about places like Greggs or Subway where they have areas for eat in and takeaway, are they retail or hospitality? When is it becoming mandatory (presumably this will still need to be put before Parliament, though you can expect that will be a formality, Hoyle won't be too happy that law's been announced to the country before the MPs)?