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There are crucial gaps in the data available to map England’s response to Covid-19, according to researchers who have developed an interactive, visual tool condensing disparate streams of publicly available information to help the public make sense of the numbers.
The one-stop dashboard – developed by an interdisciplinary research team from University College London (UCL) – found substantial shortcomings in the quality, consistency and availability of reliable figures required to manage the pandemic.
For example, there is no routine data collected on how well requests for 14-day isolation are adhered to, rendering it essentially impossible to know how effective NHS Test and Trace is in reducing transmission. The number of people isolating with symptoms in England is also unknown, and there is also no data on those who need or are receiving any kind of support, the researchers said.
www.theguardian.com
As SAGE have said, Test, trace and isolate has had a 'marginal' impact, when it is really essential to managing the spread of infections
The government might hyperventilate about what restrictions are doing to the economy, but it is the mishandling of this core requirement that has led to the need for them I noticed yesterday that the 'capacity' has leapt up by 100k to about 450k, obviously gearing up for the promise of 500k tests by the end of October (as in April), but if we're testing people and not really making use of the information it's pretty much a waste of time and effort
The one-stop dashboard – developed by an interdisciplinary research team from University College London (UCL) – found substantial shortcomings in the quality, consistency and availability of reliable figures required to manage the pandemic.
For example, there is no routine data collected on how well requests for 14-day isolation are adhered to, rendering it essentially impossible to know how effective NHS Test and Trace is in reducing transmission. The number of people isolating with symptoms in England is also unknown, and there is also no data on those who need or are receiving any kind of support, the researchers said.
Dashboard designed to chart England's Covid-19 response finds major gaps in data
Interactive tool combines statistics to help public understand complex information
www.theguardian.com
As SAGE have said, Test, trace and isolate has had a 'marginal' impact, when it is really essential to managing the spread of infections
The government might hyperventilate about what restrictions are doing to the economy, but it is the mishandling of this core requirement that has led to the need for them I noticed yesterday that the 'capacity' has leapt up by 100k to about 450k, obviously gearing up for the promise of 500k tests by the end of October (as in April), but if we're testing people and not really making use of the information it's pretty much a waste of time and effort 
