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Angela Raffle, another leading expert on screening, argues that Operation Moonshot takes us back to the paternalistic 1960s, ignores data protection and privacy laws, and is potentially in breach of the Declaration of Helsinki 23 Bing Jones and colleagues say we must stop being polite about “test and trace,” with its narrow focus on testing, costing billions of pounds to the taxpayer 4 Instead of listening, inviting scrutiny, or waiting for the results of its Liverpool pilot, England’s Department of Health and Social Care is rushing out mass testing to 67 more areas 5 The government is using the covid-19 pandemic to cut corners in procurement and award contracts without transparency, finds the National Audit Office, which reviewed £18bn of contracts awarded in the first wave 6 Companies are being prioritised solely on the recommendation of officials and politicians Stephen Armstrong’s BMJ investigation into the recent award of a £75m contract for an antibody test that works less well than claimed, even for surveillance purposes, shows why that scrutiny is essential 91011 The government’s pandemic response is suppressing science for political and financial gain 12 To echo Stephen Sondheim, “You take one road, you try one door, there isn’t time for any more ” The government is now embarking on a £100bn mass testing programme that the experts say is fatally flawed, founded on inadequate diagnostic tests, not backed up by adequate contact tracing and isolation, with a track record of maladministration
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