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by chrisseaton 1899 days ago
Please stop spreading misinformation.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rapid-lateral-flow-testing-for-h...

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I am not. This is first hand information for me. Nothing I have said contradicts your link either.
> Tests will be available to pupils, students and staff at secondary schools and colleges – so pupils in year 7 and above.
That's the plan yes, but unfortunately some schools have not been sent enough to deliver this.
Misinformation: when your lived experience doesn’t match the government reports. Don’t tell anyone if this happens.
In this case their "lived experience" is directly contradicted by the lived experience of a number of people right here in this very thread.

It may well be they're telling the truth about their school, but that still makes a blanket claim, like the one made above, misinformation when it's presented with no qualification to indicate it's based purely on an anecdote (I'll note the comment has since been edited to water down the original claim)