{"id":24744,"date":"2020-10-14T13:42:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T12:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=24744"},"modified":"2020-10-14T13:42:07","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T12:42:07","slug":"another-way-covid-19-spreads-discovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=24744","title":{"rendered":"Another Way COVID-19 Spreads Discovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 524px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 524\/296;margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; float: left; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"NHS COVID-19 Test Kit\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nhs_cov_kit.png\" alt=\"NHS COVID-19 Test Kit\" width=\"524\" height=\"296\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>As if COVID-19 wasn\u2019t good enough at spreading with the current help it\u2019s getting from QAnon believers, anti-vaxxers, and students\/young people with under-developed brains, <a title=\"Used coronavirus tests handed out by mistake in Birmingham\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-birmingham-54539328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Birmingham City Council has found a new way of helping it along<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The method involves passing out used COVID-19 test kits to people needing them.<\/p>\n<p>People who <strong>do<\/strong> have developed brains will already see the problem, but for the others who insist on denial, what happens is that a bunch of people who suspect they have COVID-19 enough to need a test get a testing kit, use it, send it off, and then the kit is given to someone else to use. Bear in mind that a testing kit essentially consists of a swab that you wipe around your throat and nose.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the method is most effective when you do it in an area which already has higher infection rates. And the news article indicates some people given these used tests have already used them &#8211; it\u2019s kind of like a surrogate French Kiss with someone you don\u2019t know who is already quite likely to be infected because they took a test. Birmingham City Council maxed out on the effectiveness of this new method of contagion by giving the used tests to at least some students.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As if COVID-19 wasn\u2019t good enough at spreading with the current help it\u2019s getting from QAnon believers, anti-vaxxers, and students\/young people with under-developed brains, Birmingham City Council has found a new way of helping it along. The method involves passing out used COVID-19 test kits to people needing them. 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