Me Time!
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MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2036153\" time=\"1630494165\" user_id=\"43981:
Am waiting for the covid self-test kits to arrive.
I have just collected my masks. Better collect now else will forget. -
starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2036158\" time=\"1630495408\" user_id=\"14025:
Oh yea.. i seldom check mailbox..update here ok.
Am waiting for the covid self-test kits to arrive.MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2036153\" time=\"1630494165\" user_id=\"43981:
I have just collected my masks. Better collect now else will forget.
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MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2036169\" time=\"1630497449\" user_id=\"43981:
Oh yea.. i seldom check mailbox..update here ok.[/quote]Hi, have received (compactly packaged) covid ART self test kits few days ago
Am waiting for the covid self-test kits to arrive.starlight1968sg\" post_id=\"2036158\" time=\"1630495408\" user_id=\"14025:
[quote=MrsKiasu post_id=2036153 time=1630494165 user_id=43981]I have just collected my masks. Better collect now else will forget.
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Under what circumstances would we sekf test? If I hv symptoms I would see doc instead. If I hv no symptoms, I won’t self test unless I am on LOA (due to ringfencing)?
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Woah so fast received already arh… thanks sky!
Me too don’t know when to use…during whatever they calling it now… when cannot go out then it would be handy. -
Imp75\" post_id=\"2036206\" time=\"1630539022\" user_id=\"2358:
That would be one case when self-monitoring would be useful - then you will know if you are infected even if you don't show symptoms. Another time it would be useful is if you are going to meet someone vulnerable, like an unvaccinated friend or family member, and you want to be careful in case you have the virus.
Under what circumstances would we sekf test? If I hv symptoms I would see doc instead. If I hv no symptoms, I won't self test unless I am on LOA (due to ringfencing)?
For more \"official\" purposes, I don't think self-administered tests are accepted, so you probably have to go somewhere to get the test done. -
MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2036207\" time=\"1630540136\" user_id=\"43981:
The only reason for using is for peace of mind if on LOA/QO to self check first. Otherwise I don't see the need to use. I collected free ART for my seniors months ago but still unused. To be honest ARTs are costly and together with the blood monitor, feel like waste money le from the govt. Both are white elephants.
Woah so fast received already arh.. thanks sky!
Me too don't know when to use..during whatever they calling it now.. when cannot go out then it would be handy. -
Imp75\" post_id=\"2036214\" time=\"1630541953\" user_id=\"2358:
Do the ART kits have an expiry date indicated on the box?
The only reason for using is for peace of mind if on LOA/QO to self check first. Otherwise I don't see the need to use. I collected free ART for my seniors months ago but still unused. To be honest ARTs are costly and together with the blood monitor, feel like waste money le from the govt. Both are white elephants.MrsKiasu\" post_id=\"2036207\" time=\"1630540136\" user_id=\"43981:
Woah so fast received already arh.. thanks sky!
Me too don't know when to use..during whatever they calling it now.. when cannot go out then it would be handy.
I think I’d prefer to poke my own nostrils than let someone else do it. DH has been to countless swab tests under RRT regime. He said some of them are very rough handlers. -
zac's mum\" post_id=\"2036216\" time=\"1630542217\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=2036216 time=1630542217 user_id=53606]
Do the ART kits have an expiry date indicated on the box?Imp75\" post_id=\"2036214\" time=\"1630541953\" user_id=\"2358:
The only reason for using is for peace of mind if on LOA/QO to self check first. Otherwise I don't see the need to use. I collected free ART for my seniors months ago but still unused. To be honest ARTs are costly and together with the blood monitor, feel like waste money le from the govt. Both are white elephants.Woah so fast received already arh.. thanks sky!
Me too don't know when to use..during whatever they calling it now.. when cannot go out then it would be handy.
I think I’d prefer to poke my own nostrils than let someone else do it. DH has been to countless swab tests under RRT regime. He said some of them are very rough handlers.[/quote]I'm sure they have an expiry. It's not bad to have a couple handy for self-monitoring when you think you likely have been exposed, but I think 6 per household could mean a lot of them will expire unused. I think 2 or 4 per household in the first instance might be good enough, with some way of getting extra when needed. As I mentioned earlier, I don't think self-testing is accepted for entry to places, and also for mandatory workplace testing, so you still need to get the test done by someone else in such instances.
We didn't collect the oximeter as the letter got thrown away, but I'm not sure we would have wanted it anyway. Too much monitoring can make you paranoid! It's different if you have someone who is sickly at home, I guess. -
We collected oximeter but never use it. I guess it is good to have one at home just in case. For countries that have more cases, it maybe more useful.
Art kits I don’t think will anyhow use coz will feel quite wasteful… got chance of it got expired.
The N95 masks given free, like quite thick, spongy feel. Use 1 time, throw arh, feel so sayang lor.
Kiddos using disposable masks everyday change and I use cloth masks. Now masks are so much cheaper than first half year of 2020…at so much better quality.
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