Slippage

On Friday the Government announced that over 100,000 COVID-19 tests had been carried out. Not factually correct, but it was an effort.

Yesterday the total was down from 122,000 to 105,000, so still above the level. Now remember, this is the level is should be from now on.

Sadly, today the number of tests was down to 76,496. Even with their manipulating of the figures.

This shows that they were just chasing headlines than actual public health. It has been suggested that some of the kits mailed out didn't even have a return address.

Shameless.

Remember, they had to carry out huge numbers of testing per day from now on, and identify those who failed, and trace those who they have been in contact with, and all carry out isolation.

Without this, there can be no safe relaxation of the lockdown.

The Government is falling back on a phone app: an off the shelf app was offered by Apple/Google, but the contact data was stored on people's smart phones, and the Government want to store the data centrally.

To arrange this, the Government, made up of most of the Vote Leave team are getting Palantir, companies related to Cambridge Analytica, and who knows what they will do with the data. Ministers have already said that the data, initially would be anonymous, but Ministers could, if they wanted, identify where all data came from. Mass surveillance dressed up as public health.

And today, another 350 people dies, or their deaths were confirmed, though at least 100 of those took place in April. With data so out of date, how can the Government hope to accurately plan going forward?