RE: CE marking27 Mar 2021 11:42
Yeah, many moons ago. Bit bonkers that we’re still discussing the same things and common sense provides the obvious answer. It’s not just the risk, it’s the practicality. These super fast tests that take seconds don’t actually take seconds. Every demo shows them taking a sample and then placing it in a mini fridge and then awaiting the result. Inevitably, including the time it takes to explain to the person what’s happening you’re talking a few minutes. A few minutes per person adds up. For a 50,000 seater that’s 2,500 hours of sequential processing. Oh, well we’ll just get more machines they cry... how many gates are there at a decent sized stadium? 50? So it’ll take a nippy 50 hours assuming 3 mins per person. Halve it, still over a day. It’s ridiculously impractical. 2 hours, you’ll genuinely need seconds per test. Plus the additional staffing and equipment costs. No chance.
A breathalyser has more chance as that might genuinely might take seconds, breath in to a tube, go/no go, swap tube, next... but you still have a bunch of potentially infected people mixing. It’s not going to happen. The govt have already spoken about a passport linked to test results and they’re already sending tests to homes.