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Can Someone Explain These Numbers?
"Just 52, 429 tests were carried out in the UK in the 24 hours to yesterday, on 33,455 people."
As reported this morning.
As reported this morning.
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It's pretty clear the target of 100,000 tests won't be met by end of April (although we'll have to wait until Saturday to get the figures because of the time lag in reporting), but there will be something said about we now have the lab capacity (I think that's already there) and several hundred thousands of application for tests from over 65s and key workers are being processed.
The Wayback Machine shows a link was archived at 05:43:36 GMT to-day.
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From that archived link,
"A Guardian analysis of the data suggests that around 20% more tests are carried out each day than there are people tested. On Tuesday, that rose to a high of 37%. The reasons are unclear, but it is known that retests because of results that doctors disbelieve are not uncommon. In hospitals, that can be because doctors are convinced a patient has Covid-19 and do not believe a negative result, so get the test repeated.
Although the lab processing is very accurate, getting enough swab sample of the virus from the back of the mouth or nose can be difficult. PHE said that originally people with symptoms would have a swab test of the back of the mouth and another one of the nose, but now there is a move to obtaining just one sample. That might mean a greater likelihood of retesting."
https:/
From that archived link,
"A Guardian analysis of the data suggests that around 20% more tests are carried out each day than there are people tested. On Tuesday, that rose to a high of 37%. The reasons are unclear, but it is known that retests because of results that doctors disbelieve are not uncommon. In hospitals, that can be because doctors are convinced a patient has Covid-19 and do not believe a negative result, so get the test repeated.
Although the lab processing is very accurate, getting enough swab sample of the virus from the back of the mouth or nose can be difficult. PHE said that originally people with symptoms would have a swab test of the back of the mouth and another one of the nose, but now there is a move to obtaining just one sample. That might mean a greater likelihood of retesting."
// Could you post the actual link please, diddly?//
ground breaking idea for AB
can someone explain he numbers? well I can count beyond fwee so I can have a go
eleven pebbles and ten pots
the pigeon hole principle says one pot has more than one pebble
applying that to this
some people had more than one test
what really happened is anyones guess
ground breaking idea for AB
can someone explain he numbers? well I can count beyond fwee so I can have a go
eleven pebbles and ten pots
the pigeon hole principle says one pot has more than one pebble
applying that to this
some people had more than one test
what really happened is anyones guess
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