Thread by @secretspartacus

@DMinghella 1/ And then when we did have tests they were shambolic
theguardian.com/society/2020/a…

@DMinghella 2/ people were sent tests with no return labels and told to throw them away metro.co.uk/2020/05/04/bri…

@DMinghella 3/ tests which were bought were faulty
thetimes.co.uk/article/britai…

@DMinghella Doctors warned that lay people would not know how to do the tests properly news.sky.com/story/coronavi…

@DMinghella 5/ Scientists warned that tests were not sensitive enough for accurate results
theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…

@DMinghella 6/ The government rejected offers of testing facilities from smaller companies, delaying the number which could be done
news.sky.com/story/coronavi…

@DMinghella 7/ People went to testing centres only to face huge queues and were turned away itv.com/news/calendar/…

@DMinghella 8/ And people went to testing centres only to be to,d to do the tests themselves doncasterfreepress.co.uk/health/coronav…

@DMinghella 9/ Then the Government had to admit that 50,000 coronavirus tests were secretly flown to the US after UK lab issues
telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/…

@DMinghella 10/ And now data on the outcome of tens of thousands of tests carried out outside the NHS is ‘disappearing into a data black hole’, making it harder for local organisations to respond to the spread of coronavirus

https://twitter.com/hsjeditor/status/1260469435183357954?s=21

https://t.co/ElEitAYNgc

@DMinghella 11/ Also, the government changed the way it counts the number of tests in order to hit its target of 100,000 tests per day.
hsj.co.uk/quality-and-pe…

@DMinghella 12/ Only 8% of the government target for contact tracers has been achieved independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi… #TestTraceIsolate

@DMinghella Infected patients who balk at inserting swabs deep into their throats are being given the all-clear — and skewing results

https://twitter.com/andrewgregory/status/1261942706781257728?s=21

https://t.co/ItVQd64Kp4

@DMinghella 14/ Questions over @BorisJohnson’s government’s #COVID19 testing capacity after 50,000 tests sent to the US and now it transpires 100,000 sent to Germany
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/coronavi…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson 15/ Coronavirus latest news: Covid-19 symptoms list updated after claims '70,000 cases were missed due to outdated advice' telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson 16/

https://twitter.com/rowlsmanthorpe/status/1263569090054144010?s=21

https://t.co/SvWZwODWfn

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson 17/ Tens of thousands of tests have been double counted.
Skewed statistics.
telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson 18/ newstatesman.com/2020/05/many-t…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson 19/ bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson 20/ telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson 21/ Another data breach hits contact tracing scheme leftfootforward.org/2020/05/exclus…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson 22/ No 10 didn’t notice the daily testing figure disappeared for four days running, even though they added small print which says it’s due to “technical difficulties” independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

@DMinghella @BorisJohnson @threadreaderapp unroll please