www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public
The target is 200,000 tests a day by the end of May.
I guess this now includes capacity.
Tests sent out in the post - but maybe not actually done
It also includes now the antibody tests - as well as the RT-PCR tests. In other words, the tests to see if you have it as well as the tests to see if you have had it.
My biggest worry - and strong suspicion - is that they have set a publicised target and will 'game it' so they hit the target, even if it's not clinically useful. It's what people do when a measurable target is set - play the target rather than make it useful.
I know we will hit the target - just yesterday there were 134,000 tests carried out (106,000 swab tests, 28,000 antibody tests).
Maybe the target should have been more specific - as we may lose focus on the swab tests.
A target should be clinically useful, Not a scattergun approach just to hit a target.
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to think they are going to fudge the tests again just so they hit the 200,000 a day target?
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chomalungma · 16/05/2020 11:38
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