Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Pyro as Bill]

crissindahouse said:

Pyro as Bill said:

Is there much point in testing during lockdown?

The Gov was aiming for 100k tests/day (hit 122k today) for when contact tracing is rolled out.

How would testing be irrelevant to let those who are infected know about it? We don't talk about a full lockdown for everyone with food delivered to your home by the military. 

Why do people need to know they've had it? It's not like they need to get back to work. Healthcare staff and other key workers do and they got tested.

The rest of us can wait for the antibody tests.