British PM Johnson launches mass COVID testing program

Why doesn’t Boris just follow Japan’s lead and cut testing to reduce the number of infections?

Because he isn't holding the olympigs and doesn't need to hide infection rates. from every other country.

The pubs re-open on April 12th. A Monday. Workplaces are gonna be half-empty or half-pissed on Tuesday.

Don’t Picnic on Brighton beach! There will be 120,000,000 used needles at a time when normal health services like HIV testing are not possible because of SARS.

Another reason for avoiding Brighton beach next Monday is the airfare. :)

But many international sports visitors who don’t social distance and touch each other...

How government usually works in the UK.

Boris announces something. It doesn't happen.

Boris announces something. It begins. It goes wrong. It is quietly forgotten.

Boris announces that something will not happen. Then he announces that it is the last thing he wants to happen. Then it happens.

The only certainty is that, at every stage, someone who is mates with someone in government will collect a huge sack of public money for doing very little.

Masks are only worn in limited circumstances in the UK. As soon as the pubs open or there are a few sunny days filling parks and beaches, the case numbers are likely to go back up again. Hopefully the vaccinations will stop hospital numbers rising. Vaccination passports/certificates combined with negative tests at least offer a way forward.

How government usually works in the UK.

Boris announces something. It doesn't happen.

Boris announces something. It begins. It goes wrong. 

If only Jeremy Corbyn had won the election, eh........

Weak. Very weak. Johnson is a car crash.

Japan has completely the opposite plan. Japan thinks as long as they don't test the number's will be low. But if you're only testing 1/10 per capita, Japan's number's will only be 1/10 of Japan's real number's.