The latest government position:
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...antibody-tests
I don't think they will rush to expand antibody testing, because it's public health value is limited
A private test costs about £60, but watch for cowboys.
What do you mean by 'doing well'? The contact tracers are complaining that they've got nothing to do. Hardly surprising given there are 25,000 of them, infections are declining and the criteria for them getting involved is incredibly tight.
They get involved where:
1. Someone has tested positive for Covid-19
2. That person supplies a list of people they have spent at least 15 minutes within 6 feet of in the last few days.
Don't know about you, but if I test positive, my list won't be hard to contact because they'll all be living in my house. As should everyone else's list if they've been practicing social distancing.
No wonder they've got nowt to do.
I said from day one that this would be an expensive White Elephant and I've seen nothing yet to change that view.
I saw a job advertisment for a track and trace supervisor. Whatever that is. £27-£34 per hour. 3 month contract. Not bad if you can sit on your Harris all day
Not everybody observes social distancing.
I went for a walk yesterday and encountered a group of ten or so ****agers having a kick about in a park. I doubt if they were all from the same household. If the police had turned up to break the gathering up, the reaction could have been such that they were left with no choice but to make arrests, which cannot be easily done whilst socially distanced. Those officers might then have gone home to partners who were also going out to essential work. It goes on.
And social distancing does not eliminate transmission. It merely reduces it. Social distancing outside in a breezy, ultra violet rich environment is very effective. Over a prolonged period in an enclosed space with limited ventilation, it is much less effective..