Tier 4 and New strain

We barely have a fraction of that testing capacity.

Even for other type tests we simply aren't up to it from a logistics and recording point of view. If it's just to let people test themselves at home with clear motive for bias then I don't feel that's of any use at a national level, certainly not as a replacement to restrictions or vaccination efforts.

They aren't exactly enforcing the restrictions. . I didn't say as a replacement for restrictions but people are likely not going to follow instructions and a lot of people are sceptical of the vaccine. And it's going to be a while before people can actually get vaccinated. I think more people would be happy to have a test at home.

So do you think the restrictions are going to be effective? I feel like there will be low compliance. Who is going to stop people going out?

Nothing is going to stop people because we (thankfully) don't live in a country where the authorities are going to be stopping anyone (or at least not many people). Compliance is getting lower, and lower, and lower. We can only hope that the vaccine everyone is putting all their hope on actually does something useful in the long run.

We can't rely on the vaccine and allow the virus to keep reproducing though. We don't even know if the vaccine stops transmissions yet or how long it provides immunity for beyond the 2 month trial period ( i think, not sure )

Restrictions are admittedly being enforced in a somewhat haphazard way but this is open to change, we're building towards another set of restrictions IMO, this 'normal christmas' crap was a huge misstep.

I think people would be perfectly happy to do a test at home, I also think they would mess it up, misunderstand the results or flat out lie, can they be trusted to contact trace ect? unless the NHS gets accurate data back from the tests, what use would it be beyond putting individuals minds at rest, a bit, maybe? While taking up a load of already scarce resources

Sever women over the years have explained to me that a positive pregnancy test does not mean they are pregnant, it means they need to go the doctors to get actually checked. Making any big celebration out of peeing on a stick is seem as premature.

What do you suggest that will actually work then?

Lots of people have already gone home for Christmas from university and when they go back and people go back to school were probably going to see another rise in cases and things are only really going to get worse right.

Tis what happens when you have a virus that isn't going away and a vaccine that hasn't done the rounds yet.

Tis what happens when you have an incompetent government. There's just going to be more protests now. Bojo sold dreams and 6 days before Christmas decides to cancel it.

Do you mean those anti-lockdown protests that happen in London like every week that barely anyone pays any attention to anymore? We haven't had a good riot in this country in years...it would certainly bring some much needed entertainment

London Riots 2.0? Yeah, I see that happening.