GideonWise

It's a reasonable point and it highlights the need for some sort of signalling mechanism or central register of positive antibody tests. Letting people just buy them off Amazon is a total waste of ti… (View Post)

Unfortunately Toby doesn't understand what he is doing with his calculations and makes reference to a figure (£30K per QALY) without actually understanding it. £1.5M is well within the range that gov… (View Post)

A note on why it is taking some time to get our new tests. Usually to evaluate a new diagnostic you compare its accuracy with a gold-standard. The gold-standard could be the PCR-test that PHE has bee… (View Post)

1 in 3 or 1 in 4 false negatives. That's why they haven't done them for front-line staff don't you think? Better off sitting it out at home for 14-days unless there is no-one left at hospital. As we … (View Post)

I don't think so. The American growth curve is like no others because of their botched response. In their favour is they have the best healthcare system in the world and enormous potential to ramp up… (View Post)