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Let me take you through the journey of writing this research paper that documents that #EatOutToHelpOut was causing more #COVID19 infections at a time when a vaccine was in sight.

I usually dont do this because as an academic, the politics should be
"irrelevant" to me. The timing of all of this #whatsappleak is dubious. My interpretation as a "citizen" (in quotes because of #Brexit I cant become British without giving up my German nationality), is that this is an attempt to attack PM Sunak who found a #Brexit compromise
on Northern Ireland with EU. My comments are much more around the process of how as a society we are handling data/evidence/research. And we need to develop a more healthy relationship with research and evidence and "empower the experts". After we had a decade of ...
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#ImmensaLab
DpH Wiltshire says the rise in prevalence due to Immensa Lab

NB: DHSC said it had ADVISED the lab to stop private travel testing & has been assured that IMMENSA is not carrying out any private or international testing at the WOLVERHAMPTON lab itv.com/news/westcount…
Weasel words.

Looks as if DHSC Test processing still ongoing in the Loughborough Lab.

I’ve got to say that I don’t find this phrase particularly reassuring either
DHSC spokesperson said “The Immensa laboratory in Wolverhampton passed an independent quality audit overseen by NHS Test and Trace and is in the process of UKAS accreditation."
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DELTA AY4.2 seems to be on the move.

Sequenced cases last week were 15.1k

21.1k in the week ending 27-10-21.

That looks like about a 23%-24% increase

Is it because they are sampling more in known AY4.2 rising areas?

Doesn’t seem enough to explain this growth
In fact more like a 28% increase on last week

But looking at the entire column on nw cases confused why they have marked AY4.2 - maybe as just designated as VUI?

It clearly is not zero.

It looks to me as if it is gaining on Delta AY4.1 (still most of our cases)
Scotland has a disproportionately large number with 14.75% of AY4.2 sequenced cases but just 7.5-8% of the U.K. population.

But growing in England too

gov.uk/government/pub…
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False Covid test results not cause of surge in south-west England, says No 10 | Coronavirus | The Guardian

Give me a fucking break

I attach positivity levels for Cheltenham

And why did the ⁦@guardian frame it’s headline this RIDICULOUS way
theguardian.com/world/2021/oct…
Before the Immensa SUI
Keep looking at the column on the right . See ⬆️ 6-9-21.

Positivity 7.5%

A week later? 2.3% on 13-09-21. That is a 5.2% drop in 7 days.

Infectious disease both grow and subside exponentially.

0.1%/ 0.2% every day unless you are in lockdown.

They don’t drop like a stone.
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⚰️⚰️ 197 (60 day) deaths
⚰️ 135 (28 day deaths) ⬆️ 12% on a rolling 7 day average

🦠 44985 cases (by report date)

BUT we cases by SWAB date indicate we had
56,584 on MONDAY - cases added today AND
51,026 on TUESDAY

And WEDNESDAY heading in the same direction (process lag)
Deaths are ⬆️ 12% on a rolling 7 day average and

🏥 Admissions now over 1k in a day. 1065 ⬆️ 19.1% on 7 day avg.

Nearly 900 in ventilator beds

Over 8,200 In patients.

Wrong direction

And over 60s case rise suggests we could see higher++ admissions in the next week or so.
Positivity levels are still stuck on 16th October.

So England still on 9.3% & Cheltenham still on 17.1% (despite 1 day depressed due to the the Immensa SUI )

But comparing yesterday ⬅️ with today ➡️ it is clear that plenty of cases are still being added to 17th October.
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