a lot more accurate and effective than at lateral flow test? thea:t a lot more accurate and effective than at lateral flow test? they are and they aren t. than at lateral flow test? they are and they aren t. i than at lateral flow test? they are and they aren t. i think than at lateral flow test? they are and they aren t. i think this - than at lateral flow test? they are and they aren t. i think this has i and they aren t. i think this has been and they aren t. i think this has been slightly destructed. lateral flow tests are excellent at detecting people with levels of virus detecting people with levels of virus that would equate to the infectious state, but pcr is very good infectious state, but pcr is very good at infectious state, but pcr is very good at picking up very low levels of infection, so very early or very late stage of infection, so very early or very late stage infections. but actually laterat late stage infections. but actually lateral flow tests are
i asked him earlier if pcr tests were more accurate and effective than lateral flows. i think this has been slightly dostorted. slightly distorted. lateral flow tests are excellent at detecting people with levels of virus that would equate to the infectious state, but pcr is very good at picking up very low levels of infection, so very early or very late stage infections. but actually lateral flow tests are good enough. if you have symptoms, a lateral flow test will be able to tell you whether you have covid or not. there is no argument about that, there is enough published data now to show that. my point about the pcr test, at the moment in some areas of the country the epidemic is now doubling every 1.5 days, and it takes two to three days to get a pcr result, so you have to question why we re doing all be pcr tests if it takes double