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Fewer and fewer people are being tested in Switzerland. The Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) is concerned and asked for tests at a press conference. “There is sufficient testability, so all people with symptoms should be tested,” emphasized Virginie Masserey of BAG. On Sunday, BAG will now launch a communication campaign for testing.
We asked the SRF community who can get tested, who is most likely to do without it, and why.
Many have a clear opinion
For most SRF users, one thing is clear: If they have symptoms, they can be tested. “I would get tested if I had mild cold symptoms. That also has to do with solidarity, ”says Monika Gisin, an SRF user. It sounds similar to many Instagram users: “Try, try, try, it’s better once too much than unknowingly infecting someone you love!”
However, many other users admit that they cannot be tested. These are the most common reasons:
Doubtful assessment of symptoms:
Some find it difficult to know when a test is necessary: “Even if you have a little cold? Difficult. “Other users choose not to test despite symptoms. For example, Rachel Walther:” If I have a flu-like illness, I don’t think about Corona first, so I wouldn’t get tested as quickly. “
I often catch a cold, until now it had never been Covid. I can’t get tested every week.
According to the BAG, all people with symptoms of the coronavirus should be tested immediately after the onset of symptoms.
Consequences of quarantine:
Many users forgo a trial because they don’t feel like they are quarantined. Lukas Walters: “No, they would not test me even if I had symptoms. Reason: I don’t want to be quarantined for ten days. I would just volunteer to work from home. “Or, like Hannes Wenger, they don’t want to expose their environment to the consequences:” I would feel uncomfortable that my entire environment had to be quarantined, although perhaps very healthy. “
Others don’t take the exam because they say they can’t afford to be absent from work or college or are even afraid of losing their job: “The quarantine could cost me my apprenticeship,” says one user on Instagram.
Oral exams cannot be rescheduled if the decision is positive. Not until next year.
Martha Sporrer also refrains from being tested for symptoms because positive cases are not reported anonymously at her company: “Even the names of suspected cases are reported to hundreds of employees. A positive test is like social suicide in the workplace. “
Helen Blum is a mother of four and does not want to risk them not being able to go to school: “If they were positive one after the other, we would all sit at home for 60 days. That’s a lot of lost school supplies. So no, we won’t test ourselves. “
Waiting times too long:
“The test center is too far away and the long wait times put me off,” says Karin Schmid. Not only the waiting time in front of the test center, but also the waiting time for the result is problematic for many: “For me, as a freelancer, up to three days of isolation means: no income.”
But what’s annoying is the long uncertainty until you finally get a result, and the self-isolation that goes with it!
Fear of pain and doubts about the result:
A PCR test involves taking a swab from your throat and nose. “The pain of the test is an impediment”, comment many users. Some, like Gian Udvardi, question the accuracy of the tests: “The tests are still too imprecise for me. When I see what the results are in my environment: with the same person, sometimes positive, sometimes negative ”.
The next time I stick the stick up my nose, I’ll feel it right in my brain, when I’m ‘really’ sick. And I don’t want to expose my young children to this procedure.
