Quick and cheap accurate Corvid-19 testing kit being ignored by UK govt

You are thinking about this the wrong way. This is an endemic virus at this point, you have to assume its everywhere so testing isnt super important unless you are really suffering and the doctors need to know. Infact id argue that the 17 year old boy that tested negative 4 times and then died from corona (https://www.reddit.com/r/China_Flu/comments/fkmd3h/south_korea_17yearold_korean_dies_after_testing/) shows that having inadequate test probably gives people a dangerous false sense of security. Social distancing is how we will beat the virus we are past the phase when we need to worry everyday about numbers.

I see what you're saying, but its not really correct. A rapid, highly sensitive and highly specific test would be so useful right now.

The main reason is because social distancing is not possible everywhere. Police, doctors, nurses, checkout staff, utilities workers. Anyone admitted to hospital. If any of that group has the virus and has minimal, atypical, or just no symptoms, they will spread it widely. If the above test works perfectly, you could legitimately argue that we should just test all doctors and nurses once per week, and reduce spread substantially.

In fact with this test our whole approach could probably change. If we can suppress cases to low numbers again, our ability to identify outbreaks and contact trace rapidly would be much greater. You could test an entire neighbourhood without it costing much. We could aim to eliminate it in the West, then anyone arriving from anywhere where its still endemic has to have the test on the border and wait for result. Annoying, but infinitely better than our current long term plan on how to deal with endemic areas (i.e. ???)

Your making two arguments that dont follow. Needing test for important or high risk people doesnt follow on to justifying a need for test for the masses. I agree we need test for nurses, the elderly, police etc but that doesn't give any justification of needing test for everyone. Dont get me wrong tho im not saying we dont need more test as a whole or that we shouldnt be trying to test as much as we can, but it seems like the social distancing and enacting policies that will aide that is prior no 1 as that is the only way we can supress this virus down to manageable numbers.

The company claims the test is 98% accurate; Public Health England is yet to be convinced and has advised against its use until proven otherwise.

You can t test bacteria without a contained sample of it.....that means those kits either are laced with corona or they'll provide you a sample, or they're fake lol which one is more probable.

Its concerns regarding accuracy. There is a LOT of money to be made from fake tests and fake cures atm.

Edit: The company seems to say all the right things in that article though

A Derby-based firm, SureScreen Diagnostics, has created a high accuracy test for Coronavirus that works from a finger-tip blood test, takes 10 minutes (current NHS tests take 2-3 days) and costs £6 as opposed to figures of £100 - £250 per test being reported for existing tests.
https://metro.co.uk/2020/03/20/government-considering-12431251/

The company is shipping large numbers of units across Europe.

Unfortunately, for inexplicable reasons, they are being ignored by the NHS. No reason has so far been given. We can therefore only speculate that this will be due either to complete incompetence at the highest levels of the crisis management, or else binding commercial contracts with other suppliers are blocking immediate action.

We need a Winston Churchill figure to write "Action this day" on memos.

What?

Of course you can test for a bacteria without physically having it in a testing kit!

Plus Covid isn't even caused by a bacteria...

.....it is caused by bacteria....its a virus....

And I was being facetious about physically having it in the testing kit.....

Viruses are not bacteria. That's why they're different words. Hope this helps.

I didn't say virus are bacteria. Bacteria causes infections and colds, and viruses are malignant levels of such......duh


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Treats and sweets are the same thing, but two different words. It's called synonym...genius...

Hope this helps.

.....it is caused by bacteria....its a virus....

And I was being facetious about physically having it in the testing kit.....

I didn't say virus are bacteria. Bacteria causes infections and colds, and viruses are malignant levels of such......duh


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Treats and sweets are the same thing, but two different words. It's called synonym...genius...

Hope this helps.