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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Were they ever blanket-testing asymptomatic people? I didn’t think the antigen tests showed positives until a few days after the onset of symptoms.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Maybe blanket-testing is calling it a bit more than what it was but there were countries that required negative tests for certain things, e.g. entering stores or swimming pools. You had to show a negative test no matter if you had symptoms or not, and that result was registered centrally.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Germany required daily testing in Schools and afaik workplaces for a while

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Germany required daily testing in Schools and afaik workplaces for a while

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Germany required daily testing in Schools and afaik workplaces for a while

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Everyone? No, far from it. But many events, some jobs, etc. required a negative test result for entry. There was absolutely far more asymptomatic getting tested then.

[–] Danquebec 5 points 1 month ago

There were times when people were getting tested at the airports. The tests were mandatory. You could know how many people out of how many from a flight from a country tested positive.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago

There was in Slovakia. It was stupid