RE: School Pupils - Free Rapid Home Tests2 Mar 2021 19:07
As a schoolteacher for 38 yrs in many schools there is little I have not seen or even done. Tests are mooted. Just like Boris said schools were safe when they certainly are not....I would say that home testing is a mistaken farce. Many parents will not do it and some kids will refuse. Some parents snd /or kids are sure to tell untruths . One cannot put the onus on parents. It won’t work. Period.
But they may do it anyway. 65% success rate LFT? Not sure apart from kudos as to the govt’s rationale. You simply cannot rely upon home testing . You really can’t. And as one poster put....it could create a nice little market.
I have not taught since March as my wife has copd . But she has first jab tomorrow and me Thursday. I will ask some colleagues what the score is.
Not gonna work.
Waste of money and unreliable means of monitoring as implementation cannot be trusted.