Every night, l sniff my little bottle of Olbas Oil. Whilst l can smell it, l know l am fine.
When l can’t, l might panic!!

Do you have your own tester?

No - Apart from wearing a mask when out I never give it a second thought!

If my body ached all over, I couldn't find the strength to get out of bed, and I had a raging sore throat and cough, I would suspect that I had caught something....
That would be my test...

Researchers at UCL said 86.1% of infected people picked up by the Office for National Statistics Covid-19 survey between April and June had none of the main symptoms of the illness, namely a cough, or a fever, or a loss of taste or smell the day they had the test.

Three quarters who tested positive had no notable symptoms at all, the scientists found when they checked whether people reported other ailments such as fatigue and breathlessness on the day of testing.

Unlike coronavirus testing in the community which focuses on people with symptoms, the ONS infection survey routinely tests tens of thousands of households around the country whether the occupants have symptoms or not.

The finding has prompted fears that future Covid-19 outbreaks will be hard to control without more widespread testing in the community to pick up “silent transmission”, particularly in universities and high-risk workplaces such as meat processing facilities.

The latest figures from Liverpool's mass testing operation have revealed nearly 400 asymptomatic carriers of the virus have been located.

Covid: more than 80% of positive UK cases in study had no core symptoms

In which case Omah, no problem...
There must be hundreds of thousands of people walking around with Cancer, hepatitis, heart disease, and other conditions that they didn't know about until they get the symptoms.....If indeed they ever do get the symptoms.

An R number between 1.0 and 1.2 means that on average every 10 people infected will infect between 10 and 12 other people.

A growth rate between +1% and +3% means the number of new infections is growing by 1% to 3% every day.

In the US, data shows that the majority of the country has rising "community spread" of the virus - situations where people get the virus without any known contact with a sick person.

What if you catch a common cold Arty?

Is this thread triggered by Hugh Grant's interview where he describes sniffing other people's armpits to check whether he has covid? I loved the bit where he said that he knew things had gotten bad when he felt like Harvey Weinstein was sitting on his chest.