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Originally Posted by Mad Max
So you're basically saying that I'm lying?
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No, that’s exactly not what anecdotal evidence is. What I’m saying is that because you know someone who has doesn’t mean that’s the norm across the entire country or that the sum total contributes significantly to the demand for tests.
I equally know, via social media, of people who got tests after being in pubs where there were positive tests. When the advice was to wait and see if symptoms materialised. Indeed, a test wouldn’t confirm that they wouldn’t go on to develop the virus anyway. Following the return of schools I know of entire families being sent for tests, on instruction of the school, and against NHS advice.
I’m sure there’s always been a percentage, I’m not convinced that is the reason for the current shortage.