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Tests used in UK schools “not fit for purpose” – WSWS

Right across the country, schools and families are in the bizarre and dangerous situation where one class is at home isolating due to a false positive result whilst…

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Mass testing of staff and students has been central to the UK governments justification for the reopening of all schools in England. All secondary school pupils and primary and secondary school staff are being advised to self-administer lateral flow tests twice a week.
The differences between lateral flow tests and the coronavirus polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests used since the start of the pandemic are significant. PCR tests are looking for the presence of the genetic material of the virus….

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