@MattHancock : Hey Neil you& #39;ve been quite critical of my Covid testing strategy so far. OK you scouse smartarse what would you do that& #39;s better?
@NotWIMM : Hi Matt, well first if all I would have told PHE that this is their job and I would have given them as much money as...

needed. I& #39;d would get NHS testing capacity maxed out - after all they are the experts.
@MattHancock I kinda think I& #39;ve done that...
@NotWIMM Yes but I would have also asked PHE to identify any lab with a QPCR machine and a robot. Then I would have identified a reliable source of

testing reagents that could scale. I& #39;d get all the labs with QPCR machines and robots into regional cooperatives and get them up to scratch so they can do a good test for the local NHS.
@MattHancock Uh! No test is better than a bad test! In any case my superlabs will kick butt!

@NotWIMM Superlabs will take a long time to get up to speed. Plus they will always be slower. Regional test hubs of satellite labs led by a central NHS lab would provide capacity and speed. Which is exactly what is needed for contact tracing.
@MattHancock: Never trust scousers