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Hmm. Can't read full article 'cos [£] but does it by any chance mention #JBC?

Merging @PHE_uk's "#COVID19 work" with #TestandTrace ain't the same as "scrapping" the entire agency - not even close! So what's the full story?

How, for example, will this new 'National Institute'...
...relate to the (also new*) #HealthProtection Directorate within @DHSCgovuk?

And again, whattabout the secretive spook-run** #JointBiosecurityCentre with its £9 BILLION budget?

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*Which surfaced in a job ad about a week ago:

**researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…
Also, while #Testandtrace may be *branded* "NHS", it isn't.

Check its homepage URL: contact-tracing.phe.gov.uk
i.e. the parts that aren't commissioned out are *already* @PHE_uk.

A quick scan of the legislation legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/7/c… and framework agreement
gov.uk/government/pub…
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Hmm. This job ad raises a few interesting questions:

civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j…

So the #JointBiosecurityCentre is now designated a "new [according to the job title, #HealthProtection] Directorate within @DHSCgovuk"...

So whattabout @PHE_uk's existing #HealthProtectionDirectorate? ImageImage
Admittedly @PHE_uk's July 2020 leadership organagram* shows its "Data & Analytical Sciences" function is "Vacant" - and it seems #JBC's the one recruiting a whole bunch of data & behavioural scientists (as well as other sorts) but then, with its...

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*assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl… Image
...£9 BILLION* budget(!), the secretive spook-run** #JointBiosecurityCentre - with its powers to set national #AlertLevels & to advise (trigger?) #LocalLockdowns - is, it seems, becoming quite a law unto itself.

The lack...

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*researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-pol…

**ft.com/content/5f65b6…
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