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A1X

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you can test that assumption, ask at the university how much their labs are being used for testing.

Good point. I discused this with a virology prof pal of mine some weeks ago. He said that some labs have been 'handed over' but he's in no position to know what's going on there. I just checked online and the last announcement about labs at my place bing used for Covid testing was in April. Judging by my experience of how things work here nobody will know or be inclined to say how much testing is happening, but I will make some inquiries.
 


Yoda

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The daft thing is, either Bodge Job & Hancock are lying, or whoever is feeding the data into the Governments own website is lying.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/testing

According to this we have capacity for just under 370,000 tests (all pillars) and just under 250,000 (Pillar 1, 2 & 4 which excludes antibody tests so currently infected). Yet we are only processing about 175,000 tests per day.

Surely if things are as bad as being made out with trying to arrange a test, we should be processing at near capacity, not some 75,000 - 195,000 under this?
 


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There seems to be a discrepancy between Johnson's claim that there is capacity to carry out 300,000 tests a day and the fact that only just over half that number were carried out yesterday.
Why?

Because, as has become blindingly apparent, one is the number of tests that can be done in a day, and the other is a lie used to try and garner support and muddy the waters for a Government in complete disarray :shrug:
 


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189 posts and no one has expressed any sort of concern for the 7 dwarfs.
If they can only meet in groups of 6, 1 of them won’t be happy
 




CHAPPERS

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The daft thing is, either Bodge Job & Hancock are lying, or whoever is feeding the data into the Governments own website is lying.

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/testing

According to this we have capacity for just under 370,000 tests (all pillars) and just under 250,000 (Pillar 1, 2 & 4 which excludes antibody tests so currently infected). Yet we are only processing about 175,000 tests per day.

Surely if things are as bad as being made out with trying to arrange a test, we should be processing at near capacity, not some 75,000 - 195,000 under this?

Hancock says about 25% of those coming forward are not eligible.

I can't believe that many people are just getting tests for the sake of it.
 


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This is the government just wanting to be seen as if they're doing something.

The elephant in the room is that COVID-19 is not as bad as was first feared.

This is nothing more than a PR exercise, to somewhat satisfy those who fear it.

I think those that fear it, will now fear it even more.
 






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Presumably Bashful will be pleased to miss out?
 




Yoda

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Hancock says about 25% of those coming forward are not eligible.

I can't believe that many people are just getting tests for the sake of it.

But that still doesn't take into to account the we're at least 75,000 short of capacity for processing tests.

RE Those arranging tests that are not eligible. Were they (Hancock et all) also not encouraging people in hot sports to arrange a test if they were identified as a close contact a while ago? I can't remember.
 




Uncle C

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Won’t make much difference to me, there are three things I will not accept, mask wearing outdoors, curfews and a second lockdown.

So you would accept the death of your nearest and dearest?
 






WATFORD zero

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Do you think Labour would be doing any better. Regardless of who is in charge it would be very trying.

These are the Prime Ministers in my lifetime that would have handled it better

Theresa May
David Cameron
Gordon Brown
Tony Blair
John Major
Margaret Thatcher
James Callaghan
Edward Heath
Harold Wilson
Alec Douglas-Home
Harold Macmillan

You really can't get your head around the idea that it is about the complete and utter incompetence of Boris Johnson and not a Red v Blue thing. I would have much rather had either of the first two (also both Tories) but Brexit put paid to that and got Johnson into power :facepalm:
 
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These are the Prime Ministers in my lifetime that would have handled it better

Theresa May
David Cameron
Gordon Brown
Tony Blair
John Major
Margaret Thatcher
James Callaghan
Harold Wilson
Sir Edward Heath
Harold Wilson
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Harold Macmillan

You really can't get your head around the idea that it is about the complete and utter incompetence of Boris Johnson and not a Red v Blue thing. I would have much rather had either of the first two (both Tories) but Brexit put paid to that and got Johnson into power :facepalm:

Thatcher would have chased the virus off with her handbag before it was time for sherry.
 


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