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Professor & Chair of Global Public Health, Edinburgh Uni Med School. Director of @GlobalHealthGP. Views own. ☀️

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    Prof. Devi Sridhar‏Verified account @devisridhar 30 Mar 2020

    We can squabble over whether the gov't overlooked testing capacity in Jan-March. Harder to understand is why Deputy CMO says UK not pursuing testing or tracing. If it's b/c we don't have capacity, then say that. And outline plans to build it. Be straight with the public.

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      1. Caroline Randell‏ @CarolineRandel2 30 Mar 2020
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        Yes Yes Yes

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      2. Comrade Marx‏ @ComradeMarx1 30 Mar 2020
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        Our CMO said recently this was because you can't do contact tracing when too many people are infected. This may explain their thinking.

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      3. A Slight Return‏ @ASlightReturn1 30 Mar 2020
        Replying to @ComradeMarx1 @devisridhar

        So how is Germany, Taiwan, Japan, etc etc, managing to do it?

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      2. mtrsklnkv‏ @mtrsklnkv 30 Mar 2020
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        They're pursuing herd immunity. Probably think testing won't prevent a second wave

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      3. Paul Lomax‏Verified account @PaulLomax 31 Mar 2020
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        I think you’re right. The reason they had to pause was the NHS would have been overwhelmed. So maybe once they’ve got 16,000 new ICU beds in Nightingale hospitals, infection will be allowed to continue.

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      1. Caroline 🌻‏ @_tiffanyleila 30 Mar 2020
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        Most people are reasonable and appreciate these are unprecedented times. We can take the truth.

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      2. Jamie Woodhouse‏ @JamieWoodhouse 30 Mar 2020
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        Also can't understand why they're not doing population sample testing so we can work out actual % infected in UK and London. In the meantime, extrapolating from deaths... ~2.4m?https://twitter.com/JamieWoodhouse/status/1244274195267272707 …

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        Jamie Woodhouse @JamieWoodhouse
        ~2.4 million 🇬🇧 UK people may have #COVID19. ~3.6% or 1 in 28. ~8% in London. Assume: 1228 dead; IFR 0.9%; Adj. days to death ~18. So ~136k infected 18 days ago ~4.25 days to double so ~4 doublings So infections to date: ~2.6m, ~5% recovered so ~2.4m infected. https://twitter.com/DHSCgovuk/status/1244248001868111874 …
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      3. Paul Lomax‏Verified account @PaulLomax 31 Mar 2020
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        Why is everyone sticking to an IFR of 0.9% though?

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      2. Nigel D'Souza‏ @mrnigeldsouza 30 Mar 2020
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        @devisridhar how long would it take realistically to build a trace-test system comparable to anything with Singapore? And isn't it too late to implement this within UK, particularly given lack of capacity in testing? Not sure this is achievable now.

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      3. James MD‏ @j_penn25 30 Mar 2020
        Replying to @mrnigeldsouza @devisridhar

        Is it certain lack of capacity a given? What elements are missing in the supply chain if so? Reagents, lab technicians, analyser machines?

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