> false positives have far more implication than one individual short time of anxiety. That was my point - for example in Liverpool 700 "asymptomatic cases" we

> false positives have far more implication than one individual short time of anxiety. That was my point - for example in Liverpool 700 "asymptomatic cases" were found (0.4% of those tested) using lateral flow tests[1]. Well below the expected ~2.5% of the population currently expected to be infected, and well within a range which makes it likely that a significant proportion are false positives. All of these people will have been legally required to isolate for two weeks, many likely unable to work. The problem with mass testing is that the false positive rate is far closer to the actual incidence. [1]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-54966607 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-54966607