No.Testing is never 100% accurate. So there will be a significant number of those who test negative but are in fact positive and vice versa so there will be many thinking they are negative when they are not, mixing and spreading the virus to vulnerable people. Every week is no good either as infection may happen the day after testing and the subject may wander around for a week infecting others.The evidence thus far is that for under 40s there is very little risk of a serious outcome. Therefore it is best to let this cohort build up community immunity be carrying on with their lives normally.Third, the evidence also shows that those most at risk have pre existing conditions - particularly obesity. They should be shielded and possibly quarantined.Age is a factor too - so I (at 64) would use my common sense and stay away from crowded places, wear a face mask and frequently hand wash.I agree testing makes sense in care settings and similar.Antibody testing should be done widely on a sample basis to establish how many have had the virus and therefore what is the value for TFR (total fatality rate). Studies done worldwide indicate this is much lower than the ICL modelling assumed (based on the lying Chinese data).Additionally, we should have a daily count of deaths caused by the lockdown via untreated conditions, suicides, etc and daily economic projections showing the medium and long term impact upon our health through poverty and unemployment.In short: hand hygiene; 1 metre social distancing; face masks in crowed areas; testing for care front line workers; frequent high contact area hygiene (e.g. wipe down door handles); shielding of the vulnerable and importantly, common sense.(and the UK population is more like 70 million - 67,886,004 Wikipedia 2020 estimate plus a growing number of illegal immigrants even now crossing the channel - unreported by the MSM)
Andy Riley ● 1918d