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Yep! Mass testing was the "key" to overcoming the spread of the virus but, as you say, our authorities were unprepared for this massive threat due to an ill-conceived ideology/policy to impose austerity measures in 2009-10. The UK govt figures on testing show that 120k approx. have been carried out so far. Germany has been carrying out 100k tests pw for a quite a while and that strategy focuses on pockets of the disease, where they flare up, and then tackling it to eventual eradication. They also accommodate 7.5 health serv beds per 1000. They invested wisely while Brit Tory govts here went for austerity measures!!!