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Just worth reminding ourselves, as we look at how the likes of Kate Bingham and Dido Harding are delivering for the nation, what& #39;s actually happening on the ground. /1
We& #39;ve invested vast sums in (at least) two pieces of unproven testing technology. The first is a kind of LAMP test by a company called Optigene. We& #39;ve spent £323m on Optigene technology - how is it performing? /2
Ummm. Not so good, to be honest.
As this Guardian report discloses it failed to pick up more than half of all people who actually had Coronavirus. I& #39;d say that& #39;s pretty sub-optimal. /3 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/05/operation-moonshot-rapid-covid-test-missed-over-50-of-cases-in-pilot">https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
As this Guardian report discloses it failed to pick up more than half of all people who actually had Coronavirus. I& #39;d say that& #39;s pretty sub-optimal. /3 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/05/operation-moonshot-rapid-covid-test-missed-over-50-of-cases-in-pilot">https://www.theguardian.com/world/202...
The other unproven testing technology we& #39;ve spent vast sums on is by a company called Innova. We& #39;ve entered into two contracts with Innova, one for £496m ( https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:533961-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0)">https://ted.europa.eu/udl... and the other for £138m ( https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:494882-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0).">https://ted.europa.eu/udl... These ones are doing much better, right? /4
Not really, to be honest.
I set out some of the concerns I had with untrained operatives using Innova tests on asymptomatic individuals in a way that defied the certified uses of those tests in this thread. /5 https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1322619116902121474">https://twitter.com/JolyonMau...
I set out some of the concerns I had with untrained operatives using Innova tests on asymptomatic individuals in a way that defied the certified uses of those tests in this thread. /5 https://twitter.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1322619116902121474">https://twitter.com/JolyonMau...
I& #39;ve since been contacted by an insider - only one, mind you - who tells me that (as you would expect given the way the tests are being mis-administered) that they, too, are failing to pick up loads of positive cases. /6
And this is the thing, with cronyism.
It& #39;s not just that it& #39;s hopelessly unfair only giving jobs to pals you went to Eton or Uni with. It& #39;s not just that it shuts the door in the face of brilliant kids who clawed their way up from working class backgrounds. /7
It& #39;s not just that it& #39;s hopelessly unfair only giving jobs to pals you went to Eton or Uni with. It& #39;s not just that it shuts the door in the face of brilliant kids who clawed their way up from working class backgrounds. /7
It& #39;s also that - if you don& #39;t get the best people for the job because you& #39;re appointing from a tiny pool of your mates - the whole country suffers. More people die, more lives are ruined, the economy suffers.
So we at @GoodLawProject think it& #39;s a profound social evil. /8
So we at @GoodLawProject think it& #39;s a profound social evil. /8
And that& #39;s why we& #39;re suing. You can see our letter to the Government - and you can, for a better and a fairer country, help us with the costs of the litigation here. https://goodlawproject.org/news/cronyism/ ">https://goodlawproject.org/news/cron... ENDS
