The new rule of six means you cannot gather in a group of more than six. It struck me this opens the door to some mischievous behaviour. Just find a random group of six people and walk up and join them.
It was interesting watching the clips of people in a queue for testing today. Very few wearing masks and no social distancing. Hey folks – maybe that is the reason you find yourselves in the queue.
I still say there are a lot of people thinking a test is like the absolution from a confessional. No a test will not protect you from anything that happened in the past.
I also found the news reporting interesting when the lead story was that the testing system is failing, but a later story went on to say one reason we are seeing more cases is the increase in testing. It does sound like somebody is adjusting the reality of the news.
I have been watching the moonshot for a while (even before Boris mentioned it). The key was the change from the word “infected” to “infectious”. That suggests to me moving to an antigen test. It isn’t as accurate, but it could be a quick easy test that can be self administered in 10 minutes according to the claims from MIT. There are certainly positives and negatives about this idea. I see the newspapers are claiming it would cost 114 billion based on leaked reports. Except the developers are suggesting it would cost 3 billion to roll out.
I think maybe my mischief is being outdone by some of these reports.