>One of the least sexy, yet most critical, challenges was integrating bits of data from hospitals, laboratories and factories so that the Cabinet could get a be

>One of the least sexy, yet most critical, challenges was integrating bits of data from hospitals, laboratories and factories so that the Cabinet could get a better grasp of how the virus was spreading – and make better decisions. >For just over a month, the NHS has been using Palantir’s Foundry software to bring together lab test results, hospital and supply chain data to see which hospitals need beds, gear or ventilators. Is this really true? We've been absolutely shambolic in the UK, and seem to be heading to have the worst performance against the virus in the world - we still seem to have a lot of cases each day, whereas Spain and Italy have tailed off greatly. Either Palantir's help hasn't been much use, or we would have been even worse off (and I'd be genuinely interested to know which, although I know we'll never know what pies Palantir now has fingers into). I'm afraid that our leaders have been shown up to mostly be completely out of their depth, and we're going to pay a massive price as a result - as if the looming of Brexit wasn't bad enough.