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Mind 'for hire'; critical friend to just causes. Formerly and currently @NO2ID; still also @medConfidential

Sep 13, 2020, 5 tweets

I don't know, but I suspect it is an artifact of the way that some #tests are (still) being counted as "#processed" when they are sent out by #Pillar2 👇
gov.uk/government/pub…

Plus, in terms of what people are experiencing on the ground, there's a missing metric - i.e. how many test #kits are #available.

You'd imagine at this point that number would significantly exceed lab #capacity but, were that the case, why 'ration' them by sending people...

...several hundred miles to be tested?

That implies logistical / supply chain issues (as well) - and certainly gives lie to any claim that whatever #predictive #models they're using for distribution are working.

Hmm. Is "#Moonshot" implicit acknowledgement of this?

And then, of course, there's the fact that a significant fraction of the tests "#processed" may not have been done with UK "#capacity" at all:

And this, which again speaks to #logistical breakdown:

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