The future of public health18 Aug 2020 16:54
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-future-of-public-health
So some interesting comments in here from Matt Hanco*k
"And about what we need, in order to be in the best possible position to fight COVID-19, to fight all infectious diseases, and prevent ill health now and long into the future." So long into the future means testing is definitely going to be something for this year, next year and forward.
" And with winter ahead, the life-saving work you are doing is more important than ever" so they are worried about the winter and of course we have a new test to combat this is it flu or Covid19
"For example, even though we have some of the best labs in the world, we couldn’t call upon the large private sector diagnostics industry that some other countries were able to" So we have just designed a test for these best labs in the world
"To build our testing capacity at scale, to build a contact tracing system of a size never envisioned before and to boost our analytical capability, through the Joint Biosecurity Centre" We know that we will be part of this testing capacity at scale, this is why w have produced the HT test for Astra Zeneca for the new robotic testing super labs
"Drive up testing capacity, bring on new technologies" yes we have new technologies with our saliva test and our new antibody test
"My single biggest fear is a novel flu, or another major health alert, hitting us right now, in the middle of this battle against the coronavirus pandemic" good job we have a test that can tell the difference then from Flu and Covid-19
"Even once this crisis has passed – and it will pass - we need a disease control infrastructure that gives us the permanent standing capacity to respond as a nation, and the ability to scale up at pace." so we are going to need testing for years to come.
"We can learn from abroad, from countries like South Korea, and from Germany’s Robert Koch Institute, where their health protection agencies had a huge primary focus on pandemic response. so who makes the test that he wants to learn from at the Robert Koch Institute of course its us
Think we have all aspects of what the Government need?
regards
Bramley1967
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