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by garybuk 1787 days ago
UK Citizen here, my parents have been part of the ONS random survey for about 18 months now, every 2 (or so) they have a visit at their doorstep from the ONS who test both of them, they let them know the results via the NHS app and they get £25 of vouchers for each visit.... They have to be honest about who they have been in contact with, where they have been (E.g. supermarket) and if they wore a mask...

This data goes into modelling for how the government should make decisions about easing lockdowns etc. The UK has some of the best genomic sequencing in the world which is why we are able to identify variants so quickly.

It's just a shame it took the government 1 year to get ready and lied to us in the meantime.

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*every 2 (or so) weeks.