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Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion

Irish government have announced that testing will now only be for certain groups who show high temperature and cough. Both symptoms are required. And testing only for
Medical personnel, close contacts of a known c19 patient and vulnerable (elderly and people with underlying conditions)
Is this not herd immunity by another route? Up to now they were testing/going to test everyone who was referred by their gp after a phone consultation.
 
Irish government have announced that testing will now only be for certain groups who show high temperature and cough. Both symptoms are required. And testing only for
Medical personnel, close contacts of a known c19 patient and vulnerable (elderly and people with underlying conditions)
Is this not herd immunity by another route? Up to now they were testing/going to test everyone who was referred by their gp after a phone consultation.

Probably mainly to do with a lack of capacity for testing.
 
Probably mainly to do with a lack of capacity for testing.
Yep. There's been a disappointing lack of international cooperation/coordination over getting tests done so far. It's becoming increasingly clear that testing early and often is the way to go, but it appears to be every country for themselves at the moment. In the US, it's been every state for themselves.
 
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