For testing, I think there has been a huge mistake trying to centralise testing in a few NHS labs. Instead we should have decentralised testing and used all the many small labs up and down the nation.
There is no doubt, that not getting testing moving quicker and putting in place systems to test care workers effectively, has cost thousands of lives. Some GPs and hospital have paid for testing from small local labs. Often they find asymptomatic nurses who would have worked with patients completely unaware that they are caring the virus. How many people went into hospital for one thing, and die from this virus?
We are still not testing effectively 1 month into lockdown. Even us lot on this board could see weeks ago that testing was fundamental to saving lives and exiting the lockdown. I am baffled as to why more has not been done. Can only conclude that those in charge are not agile, forward-thinking or able to handle such an event. Why the PM and Cabinet have not taken charge and sorted it, is worrying.
