Israelis who fear being infected are in no hurry to be tested at home: "I will not put myself in solitary confinement voluntarily"

With the changes in the testing system, the state expects citizens to independently purchase antigen tests and go into isolation if they come out positive.

However, the unreliability of the tests, their price and the lack of compensation for the insulators cause Israelis not to be tested or to skip isolation even if they are found to be verified.

"Why should I lose money and get stuck in the house?"

Yanir Yagana and Nitzan Grib

09/01/2022

Sunday, 09 January 2022, 15:15 Updated: 15:18

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With the changes in the system of tests, a gap is revealed between the government's instructions and expectations from the public, and the responsiveness and trust of the residents.

This is for a variety of reasons, including due to lack of enforcement, confusion from the guidelines, publications about the inaccuracy in the results of antigen tests, and the fact that they must be purchased independently, if at all in stock.

Ariel, 22, from Jerusalem, was recently tested for Corona in August and has no plans to be tested again in the future.

"I was ill in the past and the disease itself was not terrible at all, what was terrible was the isolation," she explains.

"I feel there is no reason for me to volunteer for ten days in isolation when I see that it does not affect my young environment, I feel that everyone is already sick anyway. I will just make sure not to meet with my grandparents in the coming weeks."

"There's hysteria around getting tested and knowing you have corona and in the end, for young people it's really just like another cold or flu so there's nothing to take it so seriously. I feel that even if I's sick I prefer not to know because in the end it will "Life for ten days, and I think that is not a reason to stop life. Why should I lose money and time and get stuck in the house?"

Ariel claims that the refusal to be tested is also due to economic considerations.

"No one paid me for the work days I missed when I was sick in isolation, and that is of course also a mental consideration. I do not want to be ten days alone locked up at home."

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Shosh, a resident of Tel Aviv, was examined by Corona four days ago, after not feeling well.

"I did not understand if it was corona or flu or just a normal patient like it was three years ago, so I did a home antigen test that came out negative."

According to her, she does not believe the test results.

"Khalas, there is a patient in the air, you have to understand that it exists, not to be stressed about it. Like the flu was until two years ago. A patient is a part of our lives, stop giving him names like Cubid and Americon and give him titles to try to deter and sow fear."

Licorice emphasizes that she will be tested for Corona only if asked to attend a specific event.

"I will not do it because I want to do or because I believe in this test," she says and concludes: "My routine continues, I do not avoid gatherings, I go where I want to go. I respect the places that want me to put on a mask but for me it is bullshit ".

Queue examination, Habima Square, January 7, 2022 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

A resident of the south declares that he will not do an antigen test because their reliability is questionable, especially in the Omicron strain.

"This test is not 100% reliable. Even if a person does it and comes out positive it can be negative, and vice versa. The tests are also very expensive. We want people to do tests so that the state will fund the tests. A person who flew abroad will do at his expense "Students and students - that the state will pay for the tests."

Another resident is not going to be tested for fear of going into isolation and will not be compensated:

The state must compensate the self-employed in isolation, otherwise they will not be examined at all. "

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