100k tests

[Munroast]

Its very sad, but to a large extent we need to bring it in to context. less than 3,000 "healthy" people and thats expanding the definition to include those who probably weren't particularly physically fit.

that is a strange chart, the percentages add up to over 200% ?

 

[JohnD]

Capacity

That's not what they promised.

It was "Tests a day"

Poor Raab flannels and obfuscates and avoids the issue.

But he repeats that it's "tests a day" and a week ago claimed to be confident it would be achieved.

it wasn't.

 

[ajohn]

That's not what they promised.

It was "Tests a day"

Poor Raab flannels and obfuscates and avoids the issue.

But he repeats that it's "tests a day" and a week ago claimed to be confident it would be achieved.

it wasn't.

At no point did he say that 100,000 would be actually taken but they took 81,000 yesterday. I'll wait a while to see if they can maintain it.

Hunts just pointed out that A&E can't get back to the usual occupancy levels as people would catch it.

 

[IT Minion]

that is a strange chart, the percentages add up to over 200% ?

You can have heart disease and alzheimers etc. at the same time.

 

[Charlie George]

That's not what they promised.

It was "Tests a day"

Poor Raab flannels and obfuscates and avoids the issue.

But he repeats that it's "tests a day" and a week ago claimed to be confident it would be achieved.

it wasn't.

How do you know they haven't reached 100,000 tests as promised?
We won't know till later.

 

[ajohn]

The difference korea to uk seems to be 2,000 tests a day to start off with compared with 10,000 then boosted to 15 and then 20k.

 

[Munroast]

You can have heart disease and alzheimers etc. at the same time.

the chart does say "by main pre existing condition" so still not sure what i'm looking at

 

[JohnD]

100,000 tests as promised?

As I said, the promise was 100,000 tests a day by the end of April.

 

[IT Minion]

the chart does say "by main pre existing condition" so still not sure what i'm looking at

Good point. Each age/sex group should add up to 100%, although if they've chosen not to display some low % categories it might not.

For the female and male over 70s both add up to less than 100%.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

1000 fingers and thumbs sound better.

Would that not be 500 per glove? 1000 per pair.

 

[Charlie George]

As I said, the promise was 100,000 tests a day by the end of April.

You do realise the tests revealed today are from yesterday, the last day in April.

 

[JohnD]

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...n-to-carry-out-100000-coronavirus-tests-a-day

"The UK will carry out 100,000 tests for coronavirus every day by the end of this month, Health Secretary Matt Hancock pledged today.


Increased testing for the NHS will form part of a new 5-pillar plan, bringing together government, industry, academia, the NHS and many others, to dramatically increase the number of tests being carried out each day."

Published 2 April 2020

From:
Department of Health and Social Care

 

[JohnD]

Going on the brief yesterday it is capacity rather than actually testing people.

That's not what they promised.

 

[JohnD]

At no point did he say that 100,000 would be actually taken

Yes he did.

 

[IT Minion]

Arguing about capacity Vs performed is missing the point. If there's unused capacity, why is it unused?

Are they maintaining a level of testing in case there's a surge in front line staff who need time day? Or to prevent a backlog of tests building up? Or because all those tests can only be accessed in one area which doesn't need them all.

Northern Ireland has three test centres for about a million people. Wales has one for about 3 million people.

Or are there other reasons that mean that the tests can't all be taken up? Should they be taken up? Should we have capacity for more than 100,000 to allow 100,000 to be performed each day?