Footnotes

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• Contributors RB is the sole author of this work.

• Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

• Competing interests Research grants to my institution: Abbott Point of Care Advisory boards: Abbott Point of Care; Roche; Siemens Healthineers; LumiraDx; Creavo.

• Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, conduct, reporting or dissemination plans of this research.

• Patient consent for publication Not required.

• Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.