'The aim seems to be to show the largest possible number of tests even at the expense of understanding.' David Norgrove of UK Statistics Authority criticises British government's Covid19 test data
UK Statistics Authority chides government for publishing data on coronavirus tests that it says were"far from complete and comprehensible."
"The aim seems to be to show the largest possible number of tests, even at the expense of understanding," David Norgrove, the head of the UK Statistics Authority , wrote in a letter to Health Secretary Matt Hancock.Handling of pandemic questioned But in doing so, it included in its figures tests mailed out to people but not necessarily completed.
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