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Blue Potato said:
Regardless of how the home tests are counted, the government promised to test 100k people per day by the end of the month - yesterday they tested 73k people. Therefore they missed the target of 100k.

However setting a target does seem to have focused attention towards the numbers being tested. There has been a huge increase in capacity in recent days, let’s hope this trend continues
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They promised tests NOT people.
Desperate straw clutching by people trying to claim otherwise.
 
i8rags said:
Just had a drive by viewing of my granddaughter, car pulls up windows shut and me and the Mrs get our first look at our six week old beauty. I lasted 20 seconds and the Mrs lasted about a minute, tears everywhere.
I swear to god if Boris said we need 200 souls to kick fuck out of covid down the passage in an arranged meet, based on the hatred for this fucking virus, I’d be one of the chosen 200, we would prevail. Unfortunately I’m fucking useless and in my 52 years I’m not worth a wank.
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Sounds like you are back on Cheadle High Street circa late 1980’s / early 90’s. Congrats on the granddaughter and fingers crossed it won’t be long before you get to hold her
 
BlueAnorak said:
They promised tests NOT people.
Desperate straw clutching by people trying to claim otherwise.
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If that is the case then the PM tweeting that we will be able to test 100k people per day was misleading at best.

Promising a certain number by a specific date means the general public and the press (and Hancock himself, based on the HSJ article) became fixated on that one number, but as I said if setting a target has led to a concerted effort to increase capacity then this is a good thing and hopefully we continue to ramp up.

100k per day would mean we are now close to the much vaunted German testing capability, which is a significant accomplishment (as I understand it their capacity stood at around 500k per week at the start of the crisis - this has since increased to 900k per week, but only 470k tests were carried out in the last week).
 
Blue Potato said:
Regardless of how the home tests are counted, the government promised to test 100k people per day by the end of the month - yesterday they tested 73k people. Therefore they missed the target of 100k.

However setting a target does seem to have focused attention towards the numbers being tested. There has been a huge increase in capacity in recent days, let’s hope this trend continues
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Another point on testing is capacity to turnaround results.

Currently it takes around 72hrs at most to get the result back. So what will it be with ramped up testing by a factor of 3-4?

In an ideal world we'd test every single person now instantly but if there is a week lag period to get the results then what was the point?

As always with this crisis, the drive for statistics is masking the point of testing which is to inform so that we can reduce infectivity and reduce deaths.
 
Blue Potato said:


If that is the case then the PM tweeting that we will be able to test 100k people per day was misleading at best.

Promising a certain number by a specific date means the general public and the press (and Hancock himself, based on the HSJ article) became fixated on that one number, but as I said if setting a target has led to a concerted effort to increase capacity then this is a good thing and hopefully we continue to ramp up.

100k per day would mean we are now close to the much vaunted German testing capability, which is a significant accomplishment (as I understand it their capacity stood at around 500k per week at the start of the crisis - this has since increased to 900k per week, but only 470k tests were carried out in the last week).
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I think the German testing capacity was a lot less than 500K at the start of the crisis.

The early measures they took though meant they stayed on top of the case numbers and were able to carry out contact tracing.
 
inbetween said:
Another point on testing is capacity to turnaround results.

Currently it takes around 72hrs at most to get the result back. So what will it be with ramped up testing by a factor of 3-4?

In an ideal world we'd test every single person now instantly but if there is a week lag period to get the results then what was the point?

As always with this crisis, the drive for statistics is masking the point of testing which is to inform so that we can reduce infectivity and reduce deaths.
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with this testing capacity would it be useful to perhaps test 20,000 people from the same town to see what the infection rate is. I keep hearing that 10 x the number reported actually have it but there has been no proof of this anywhere. It would help understand mortality rates and how easily it is spread. Maybe they have done something like this somewhere in the world but I haven’t seen it
 
Gelsons Dad said:
it's exactly what is happening now. Both infection and antibodies. They will test the same group every week. It's why I said a few days ago that the decision to reduce the lockdown will be in week starting 18th and probably the first reduction in measures will be 25th
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Cheers buddy. I’ll keep my eyes peeled!
 
Gelsons Dad said:
it's exactly what is happening now. Both infection and antibodies. They will test the same group every week. It's why I said a few days ago that the decision to reduce the lockdown will be in week starting 18th and probably the first reduction in measures will be 25th
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do you know the size of the group?

this sort of continual testing has been sorely lacking from all the data I’ve seen. Admittedly I’ve slowed down looking a lot in the last few weeks.
 
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Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
with this testing capacity would it be useful to perhaps test 20,000 people from the same town to see what the infection rate is. I keep hearing that 10 x the number reported actually have it but there has been no proof of this anywhere. It would help understand mortality rates and how easily it is spread. Maybe they have done something like this somewhere in the world but I haven’t seen it
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I believe there is a plan to use the antibody tests we have that are not accurate enough for clinical testing to get a good idea of the true infection rates.
 
So the telegraph are saying the govt are reviewing the 2m social distancing rules as we release lockdown as there is evidence the virus isn’t as airborne as thought.

the WHO only recommend a 1 metre social distance.

good luck to the govt relaxing the lockdown and kick starting the economy there are going to be some confused and anxious people.

going from

You are all going to die ;

to

meh you are fine
 
kevin horlocks wand said:
So the telegraph are saying the govt are reviewing the 2m social distancing rules as we release lockdown as there is evidence the virus isn’t as airborne as thought.

the WHO only recommend a 1 metre social distance.

good luck to the govt relaxing the lockdown and kick starting the economy there are going to be some confused and anxious people.

going from

You are all going to die ;

to

meh you are fine
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The WHO are the Mavis Riley of Organisations.
 
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