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this morning i got a negative test result for COVID. i& #39;d like to share some stuff from the past few days, some of which will be particular to where i live, some indicate systemic issues, some are simply chance
i first developed symptoms on saturday & started trying to get a test at 4pm. after refreshing the site repeatedly it wasn& #39;t until 6pm on sunday that i got a slot
this was a distressing 26hrs, exacerbated by having a fever. i hate to think what it& #39;d have been like for someone less familiar with using the internet
the test site i was allocated as someone without a car was an hour& #39;s walk away. this wasn& #39;t a big issue for me, but i imagine the hills i had to walk would& #39;ve been difficult for someone with respiratory problems. at no point with the website were any home testing kits available
i got the earliest slot for my test on monday morning and everything at the test site was handled safely and with care. the people working there were great with me
i only saw two other people get tested in the time i was there (around 30mins). i don& #39;t know enough about the safe workings of a testing site to know what to think of this in relation to the difficulty getting a test
i received the result of my test in under 18 hours of being tested, which was much sooner than i expected. i had a good conversation with my GP who was good at identifying from afar (through pics and conversation) what the likely cause of my symptoms might be
