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Have said this right from the start. When I had to go into hospital on a frequent basis due to bad health each time I went in they swabbed for MRSA. This will be exactly the same, it will become the new norm! Yes the test will inevitably be cheaper and faster but they will still do them for years to come!

MRSA 'Most tests take 24-48 hours to get results.' so very inline with our test at present.

and

'Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was first observed in 1960'

So 50 years later we are still taking swabs for it!

Enough said!

Airlineboy my thoughts were along the same lines....perhaps they need a 'number to choose from' for the tender and this number has not come forward as yet due to tests not being ready, not verified etc.

Which seems to have changed this morning as it was showing as deadline 'Friday the 13th' yesterday.

https://bidstats.uk/tenders/2020/W46/738656651

If it is this one it looks like the deadline is in 13 days?

Before anyone says yes that is capacity of 14,000 per day in liverpool. But as we know anyone who tests positive on a lateral flow test then has the PCR test for verification. As we get into flu season we will see the positive cases rise and so the PCR tests used to clarify the results will also rise!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-54872039

Just been reading this piece by the BBC and found this part interesting....

'Which tests are being offered?
The Liverpool pilot offers two types of testing, both involving swabbing the nose or throat - a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test, and a lateral flow test.

The PCR test is regarded as the "gold standard" by epidemiologists, but may take up to a day or longer to produce a result as the sample is sent off to a laboratory. It is, however, the one used most around the world.

The lateral flow test involves a handheld kit that gives a result - a bit like a pregnancy test - in about 20 minutes, without the need for a lab. Fluid from a nasal swab or saliva goes on one end, then a marking appears if you are positive.

Liverpool's public health director Matthew Ashton said the city has the capacity to carry out 50,000 lateral flow tests and 14,000 PCR tests a day.'

14,000 PCR tests - hopefully a large number of those are ours! Now if they are carrying on with the same logic through the other 67 towns they will be mass testing....then we could be looking at a good number each day for the winter period on top of what we already have?

8.30......looks like it’s going to be fastest finger first to get the cheap shares!

Great timing! We were all told no what what happens with vaccines / therapeutics testing would continue for years to come!
Research research research!
Test test test!

Allowed me to buy some more, not many as only had £1500 spare cash but happy with top up at £1.10
Wish I had more would be piling it at this price!

Also look at the report.... 'Pfizer believes it will be able to supply 50 million doses by the end of this year and around 1.3 billion by the end of 2021.'

each person needs 2 dozes and this means 750 Million people covered by the 'END' of 2021 so how many people are going to develp long covid before then! and there are 7.5 Billion people in the world....so 15 Billion dozes needed.....hmm people are panicking unnecessarily here!

Lets also not forget 'Long Covid'.....bring on Synairgen!

Lets not forget we have the peer review coming out soon and lets also remember trials in 20+ Countries....ill keep my holding and top up thanks all!

Steve589 suggest you do better research! So this £323 Million that was for......

https://bidstats.uk/tenders/?q=optigene#738459647-736296995-41

The test WAS due to be used but WAS pulled!

Hartlebury you would hope so yes....which should mean more for us....

Come on NCYT release an RNS saying we are taking over the reins and saving the day there!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8919695/Rapid-coronavirus-test-trials-missed-50-cent-positive-cases.html

'catastrophically, the tests have missed more than 50 per cent of positive cases in a trial in Manchester, meaning they risk dangerously undermining the number of people who are actually infected.'

This part is interesting in the article...

'All of the city's 500,000 residents are being encouraged to get swab-tested for Covid-19 during the lockdown as walk-in test sites are springing up across the city.'

Anyone know of any proven swab tests?...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8919695/Rapid-coronavirus-test-trials-missed-50-cent-positive-cases.html

Operation Moonshot has come crashing down to Earth in Liverpool as one of the rapid coronavirus tests that was lined up for a mass-testing scheme has been revealed not to work.

Officials in the city have now cancelled plans to start a huge trial of Optigene Direct RT-Lamp tests, bought because they give swab results in just 20 minutes.

But, catastrophically, the tests have missed more than 50 per cent of positive cases in a trial in Manchester, meaning they risk dangerously undermining the number of people who are actually infected.

MisterETrayda I have another experiement I may try which I think could have as much chance of coming off as yours....I am going to try to do what my dog does and lick my own.....

trilla....my apologies its too early for my brain to engage