I feel like its partly an unwillingness to make difficult decisions and maybe even to look bad. A discord perhaps in the reality versus a desired fantasy where

I feel like its partly an unwillingness to make difficult decisions and maybe even to look bad. A discord perhaps in the reality versus a desired fantasy where it looks like we can defeat this virus without sweating. It disappoints me that we'd let the system _obviously_ fall apart instead of actually expecting this outcome and rationing use (especially giving the NHS priority). I think one disappointing scenario that contributes is the desire to push people back into work (as is happening right now), it appears that desire is ultimately in conflict with our desire to ration testing so its bizarre that we'd allow these competing notions to organically compete as opposed to specifically picking a winner based on our inherent capacity. If we stop sending people back to work or school then the amount of testing required drops significantly. It not people's fault for "wasting tests" the increased risk we've specifically chosen to take on as a country as we ease restrictions creates the conditions for this outcome. Lets not forget we permitted shielded individuals back out into society and to accommodate that we should be "wasting" tests for the people that directly interact with them.