Thread by @RickFandango

1 - #PublicHealthEngland Notifiable Diseaseas weekly reports for 2020 > NOIDS weekly report: week 51 (ending 20th Dec 2020) shows 50 Covid19 disease cases.

#Covid19 became a Notifiable disease in March 2020 for any 'registered medical practitioner (RMP)'

gov.uk/government/pub…

2 - The official UK Government website (dashboard) for data and insights on Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Cases by date reported, by nation (England) shows 159,601 cases for Dec 14th20th

That's some disparity to notifiable records that goes back some weeks

coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases

3 - From the 'about' section of UK govt Covid dashboard reporting Cases by date reported, by nation

'#COVID19 cases are identified by taking specimens from people and testing them for the presence of the #SARSCoV2 virus. If the test is positive, this is a referred to as a case'

4 - Basically the govt dashboard reported Pillar1 & Pillar2 tests assume anyone with a viral infection of SarsCov2 is diseased with Covid19.

Note the govt dashboard includes pillar 1 tests (NHS and, in England, PHE labs) and pillar 2 (Commercial tests).

5 - If the Pillar1 & Pillar2 testing is finding genuine disease cases of #Covid19 why are they all not being notifiably reported as statutory required ?

Note 'registered medical practitioner' in 1.

6 - Are Pillar2 #LighthouseLabs commercial tests inflating and exaggerating #CovSars2 cases into #Covid19 disease cases whilst falling outside of #notifiable disease reporting requirements for 'registered medical practitioners' ?

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