In April 2020, the UK had just gone into lockdown, and there weren’t enough tests to go round.
If you had symptoms of Coronavirus, you were told to stay at home and self-isolate.
Today, the government announced a plan for all England residents—about 56 million people—to take 2 tests each week. The tests will provide results within 30 minutes, be freely available via testing sites, pharmacies, and the post, and most importantly, they’ll be free.
1 year on, the testing landscape couldn’t look more different.
It’s a population sized example—and lesson—of measuring what matters, and making decisions accordingly.