UK health screening advisers not involved in 'moonshot' Covid plan

[Northerner]

The government’s health screening advisers have not been involved in Boris Johnson’s “moonshot” project to test the entire population for Covid-19, an omission public health experts have described as “incomprehensible”.

The National Screening Committee, which advises ministers and the NHS about “all aspects of population screening”, has not been consulted on the £100bn plans for mass surveillance involving up to 10m coronavirus tests every day.

Made up of 23 doctors, academics, public health and patient representatives, the NSC normally rules on proposals for mass population screening for cancers as well as infectious diseases such as chlamydia, herpes and hepatitis B.

It reports to the UK’s four chief medical officers, and follows a strict and rigorous process, one source said, “which is not like the process we have seen put forward [for ‘Operation Moonshot’].”

UK health screening advisers not involved in 'moonshot' Covid plan

Exclusive: Public health experts say it is ‘incomprehensible’ NSC not consulted on £100bn rapid mass testing project

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[grovesy]

I forgot about this till I heard mentioned on IND Sage.

 

[atoll]

if you are going to rob a bank of gold ,you don't need experts on precious metals to tell you how to do it,you just need bank robbers.......

 

[Bruce Stephens]

if you are going to rob a bank of gold ,you don't need experts on precious metals to tell you how to do it,you just need bank robbers.......

Would be helpful to understand quite how heavy gold is, though.