>all the more conspicuous for happening just two days after the country’s pandemic restrictions were [...] lifted
Lateral flow tests just happened to run out on the day restrictions were lifted. [0] And tada numbers plummet right when gov is taking massive heat for dropping restrictions in the middle of a surge.
Yes really - that is how the current UK gov rolls.
The fact that the author is trying to extrapolate other countries future trajectory based on that is rather amusing.
Lateral flow tests just happened to run out on the day restrictions were lifted. [0] And tada numbers plummet right when gov is taking massive heat for dropping restrictions in the middle of a surge.
Yes really - that is how the current UK gov rolls.
The fact that the author is trying to extrapolate other countries future trajectory based on that is rather amusing.
[0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lateral-flow...