Living close to central London (population >8.2million), we've discovered that it's impossible to get tested in person at a centre unless you have a car. It’s all drive through only, and on the outskirts of the city. Obviously Uber is not an option if symptomatic. The nearest walk in testing centre to us is over 10 miles away. And they don't allow you to walk through a drive through. It takes ages to get results from Covid home tests that you need to mail through the post.
Mumsnet is littered with examples of people who've clearly had covid symptoms but never been tested.
£10bn for test and trace and yet over four months since lockdown started here we are. How is the government expecting to get the pandemic under control absent a vaccine if they can't/won't sort testing out? Why are they getting away with a poor grasp of true numbers? And if and when a vaccine does emerge, should we expect more roll-out shambles?
I'm sorry about the ranty post but this makes me so angry!