Thread by @_CatintheHat

⚠️NEW UKHSA DASHBOARD⚠️

Its prime purpose appears to be to minimise the impact of Covid.

Why else would this ⬇️ be your landing page?
▪️Positivity rate for flu & RSV
▪️Cases for Covid

Come on @UKHSA, this isn’t clever or funny.

Why not show comparable metrics?

🧵

…because when you *do* show comparable metrics, it’s not nearly such a rosy story in terms of the current Covid situation, is it?

Can someone please remind me what the point of a ‘Health Security Agency’ is?

Isn’t it to keep the public informed about potential health risks?

Why on earth are UKHSA trying to hide the truth?

Covid cases data is absolutely meaningless.

The LFT test reporting portal was closed back in February this year so the *only* cases which can even be reported now are PCR tests in hospital (plus a few research studies).

Anyone paying attention knows all too well that Covid is absolutely rife right now.

It’s tearing through schools, hospitals & workplaces.

Covid hospitalisations are almost as high now as they were at the very peak of last Winter.

Here’s my take on the current situation 🧵⬇️

I guess I should also post a link to this new UKHSA dashboard.

Here it is:


Viewer caution advised! ⚠️ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk

Two more points to add…

The ‘Outbreaks’ section of the new dashboard provides the reassuring news that Measles cases are now declining…

…but also does a truly outstanding job of hiding the fact that we’ve just come through the biggest Measles outbreak in well over a decade.

And, as for Pertussis (also known as whooping cough)… well… I guess they decided it was best not to mention that one at all!

And let’s not forget, this new dashboard comes hot on the heels of the debacle a few weeks ago where @UKHSA admitted to publishing charts for Covid, flu & RSV which were not actually based on any real data at all - despite the fact the charts were labelled ‘Data from 2023-24’.