[Pierre]

Originally Posted by jfman

Whatever happened to the 17.5 million antibody tests?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-52140376

Perhaps they were not proven to work?

Mr Hancock said that the UK wants to buy 17.5 million antibody tests, "subject to them working".

Er.....no ....they didn’t

https://www.ft.com/content/f28e26a0-...b-b3a618ca659d

Or the 20 minute tests from May?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...ed-nationwide/

I’m being serious before anyone says I’m not. Was the tech flawed? Did contractors not deliver?

Concerns about the 20min test and the issue of false positives raised last month in the BMJ

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3482

The false positives issue has never been addressed. The amount of people testing positive with out symptoms, especially ( because i happen to follow it) footballers and football managers. People in bio- bubbles tested every day, lots of protocols etc. But still testing positive. However, every news item I listen to they test positive without symptoms. I wonder are they tested again a few times to confirm the result?

I don’t know. They should be!