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That said, we really should have the capacity for anybody to have a test for whatever reason they want by now.
Absolutely. It was at that point a while back right, during the halcyon days of June/July when everything was getting better and we thought we might be over it I'm fairly sure there was excess capacity. Now people are actually using it everything has fallen over again.
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Genuinely hadn't crossed my mind that you could do it on the NHS that way. We've been getting tests before seeing vulnerable friends and family.
That said, we really should have the capacity for anybody to have a test for whatever reason they want by now. Or at least soon. Its a huge failure that we can't. It has been obvious for months that the only way to weather this virus until vaccines are available without utterly fucking the economy is with massive widespread and cheap testing.