Pre-departure tests likely to go in the next few days

michael1234

https://twitter.com/PPaulCharles/status/1477920586177335296

emmajones1976

Not a surprise, they are as much use as a chocolate teapot given they can be unsupervised and there is all manner of ways to cheat the system (none of which I will post on here)

soolin

I have my fingers crossed they do go before I return home this weekend. 

silvercar

emmajones1976 said:

Not a surprise, they are as much use as a chocolate teapot given they can be unsupervised and there is all manner of ways to cheat the system (none of which I will post on here)

Agreed. A general request not to fly if you have Covid would do just as well.

Westin

silvercar said:

emmajones1976 said:

Not a surprise, they are as much use as a chocolate teapot given they can be unsupervised and there is all manner of ways to cheat the system (none of which I will post on here)

Agreed. A general request not to fly if you have Covid would do just as well.

You would like to think so wouldn't you but I suspect a minority will be selfish and fly regardless as long as it suits their own needs.

MattMattMattUK

Westin said:

silvercar said:

emmajones1976 said:

Not a surprise, they are as much use as a chocolate teapot given they can be unsupervised and there is all manner of ways to cheat the system (none of which I will post on here)

Agreed. A general request not to fly if you have Covid would do just as well.

You would like to think so wouldn't you but I suspect a minority will be selfish and fly regardless as long as it suits their own needs.

Those kind of people would just fly regardless, as the tests are not supervised it is easy to pass one, you could stick the swab straight in, only use saliva, dip it in water, get someone else to do it etc. They are utterly pointless. 

Sandtree

MattMattMattUK said:

Westin said:

silvercar said:

emmajones1976 said:

Not a surprise, they are as much use as a chocolate teapot given they can be unsupervised and there is all manner of ways to cheat the system (none of which I will post on here)

Agreed. A general request not to fly if you have Covid would do just as well.

You would like to think so wouldn't you but I suspect a minority will be selfish and fly regardless as long as it suits their own needs.

Those kind of people would just fly regardless, as the tests are not supervised it is easy to pass one, you could stick the swab straight in, only use saliva, dip it in water, get someone else to do it etc. They are utterly pointless. 

It seems a fairly UK thing for the do at home with photos as not seeing the same being offered in the US market... but even if you ignore those and buy local there are firms here offering a "no test" result certificate for a little more than the us$20 for an actual test and cert plus stories of hotels offering to change a result to avoid offering the 50% discount "covid isolation rate".

emmajones1976

Hardly a surprise, hotels abroad arent going to want people cluttering up their hotels 10 days longer than their planned stay, especially if they are fully booked.

cx6

COVID: Pre-departure tests for travellers returning to the UK to be scrapped | Business News | Sky News

michael1234

cx6 said:

COVID: Pre-departure tests for travellers returning to the UK to be scrapped | Business News | Sky News

Its interesting that increasing outlets are having the confidence to state this good news but I do wonder where there are getting their info from.

emmajones1976

Its more the £55/£69 ones on return I would rather see binned tbh, the pre-departure ones are a fraction of the cost of that.