Jeremy Hunt

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Jeremy Hunt @Jeremy_Hunt

I also think (I was part of this groupthink) that we were over-focused on testing targets (100k, then 500k, then 1m/day) so didn't focus on the one metric that matters in a pandemic: proportion of potentially infectious isolating. At times 20-40% of those meant to isolate weren't — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 16, 2021

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Jeremy Hunt @Jeremy_Hunt

This delay meant infections were > 2000 cases/day by the time T&T got going, much higher than in Asia, which set it up to fail, alongside central rather than local contact tracing (which has now been sensibly reversed) and not offering a blanket salary replacement guarantee. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 16, 2021

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Set against this must be our national vaccine triumph: not just securing 400m doses before we knew they’d work, but a flawless NHS roll. So the paradox is that the biggest failures in the performance of the state have to be balanced against some of its most stunning achievements. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 16, 2021