We are also wasting resources of too many eminently qualified labs that could be used to develop, validate and manufacture tests. Or perhaps even batch manufacture primers. ( FYI that’s the reagent that mirrors the virus genetic code in pcr). The civil servants heading PHE should fall on their swords, the government are wrongly blamed.

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To manage the looming shortage, lab operators have called for an even stricter decision-making process for who gets tested and who doesn't. Only people who are at risk or showing symptoms should be tested, they argue. "At the moment, we're still testing way too many healthy people," says Borucki. Well over 90 percent of the tests evaluated by Bioscientia come back negative. "We're wasting valuable reagents."

Interesting view from Germany.
https://www.spiegel.de/international...9-eb4364c43f2e