Just4fun wrote:Is an Antigen Rapid Test the same as a lateral flow test?
Yes, it is.
We flew out to Chicago a couple of weeks ago and had a supervised via MS Teams lateral flow test on the day we flew. The nurse was in South Africa, we had to open the test pack on camera and she watched us go through the procedure. The test strip had to stay on camera for 15 minutes and once she had seen the result we were e-mailed the test certificate.
The use of masks and Covid protocols was a lot higher in the US than the UK. Virtually everyone wore masks and vaccine passports need to be shown when going in restaurants, bars or museums. We took the train up to Milwaukee and it was made pretty clear that anyone not complying with the rules on mask wearing was going to be turfed off the train by Amtrak Police.
I went to London by train yesterday - despite signs and announcements on LNER that masks are to be worn I’d estimate only a third of people did so. Covid doesn’t worry me particularly but I find it all a bit stupid to have rules and then not enforce them.