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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?



> 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.


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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