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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Hon FRIBA (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative.
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Boris Johnson's 'moonshot' tests could wrongly force hundreds of thousands into isolation
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mirror.co.ukBoris Johnson’s Moonshot plan for 10 million coronavirus tests a day has been shot to pieces by experts. The Prime Minister has pinned his hopes on saving Christmas with the programme – even though the technology does not yet exist.
A Cambridge University statistician warns the scheme could lead to hundreds of thousands of people being wrongly diagnosed as having Covid-19.
Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter said: “Mass screening always seems a good idea in any disease. But the huge danger is false positives – no tests are perfect. “If you’re going to have a test that would allow someone into a theatre or back to work, you’re going to have to be really sure they’re not infectious.
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