Patience and perspective2 May 2020 11:41
Listen to the news, bbc and different press on Saturday morning and in order to return to any form of normality will take many tests.
On bbc the doctor interviewed says they would love to test people for the virus and antibodies, they want to start understanding who has had what.
Flying in planes, going back to work, social distancing all need data to help understand how many, how close we even are to herd immunity.
Overtime for vulnerable, they need to also know if they have had it, they need to know about the people around them, people want to know for their own well-being and whether and how they need to change their behaviours.
A POC developed test to a high standard will sell out around the world for years, this virus isn’t going to go away, as seasons change in different countries, it will mix with the flu, people come into hospitals the nhs will want to know how many have had the virus, a huge data base on the uk population.
So a worry about mologic making a test. This is good news for people around the world, better than nothing and we need to help everyone.
Imagine a test, carried out at home with blood prick. Realise at the moment home kits for corona are swab based and therefore if done by oneself pretty unreliable