The truth few Brits (left or right) really want to hear is that Germany can test so many people because it has a decentralised, social-insurance based health system. https://twitter.com/ShippersUnbound/status/1245029564767756288

The tragedy of the NHS is that it's a system too well-loved for politicians to replace it with social insurance but not well-loved enough for the public to vote consistently to fund it adequately.

Lots of replies to this along the lines of "oh but Germany spends more money than we do."

Yes! That's the point! A good healthcare system is one that is universal but commands sustainable funding from its users.

In other words: the system allows for more sustainable long-term funding (as not a political football as in ) AND benefits from being decentralised (as top virologist Christian Drosten has said: speed & scale of testing wouldn't have been possible in a centralised system)

Doesn't mean the system is perfect, or that system doesn't have its advantages, or that voters would accept a -style system.

But if the question is why tests more (& has related advantages like high hospital bed and ICU density) then, well, there's your answer.