The latest nonsense from @hartgroup_org members @ClareCraigPath and @profnfenton is that there's no danger from rising cases because they're not real (they are), hospital admissions aren't rising (they are), and asymptomatic testing isn't showing any rise (it is).
https://twitter.com/ClareCraigPath/status/1403623018178416644
As usual Clare Craig quotes a lot of data that's completely meaningless, to "prove" nothing is really wrong.
Like 111 call data (covid calls go to a separate phoneline) and GP visits (you're not supposed to visit your GP if you have covid symptoms).
Like 111 call data (covid calls go to a separate phoneline) and GP visits (you're not supposed to visit your GP if you have covid symptoms).
https://twitter.com/ClareCraigPath/status/1403623031969390595?s=19
She talks about a "small uptick" in lateral flow test positivity, which she now says "successfully identified presymtpomatic patients in winter".
That small uptick is positivity doubling in 2 weeks.
We're now doing half a million LFTs a day on average.
That small uptick is positivity doubling in 2 weeks.
We're now doing half a million LFTs a day on average.
https://twitter.com/ClareCraigPath/status/1403623041955995653?s=19
She then claims hospital admissions are flat.
They're not.
And that asymptomatic PCR testing positivity is flat.
It's not, and the data she's quoting is actually mostly from lateral flow tests, not PCR, which is clear if you actually read the footnotes...
They're not.
And that asymptomatic PCR testing positivity is flat.
It's not, and the data she's quoting is actually mostly from lateral flow tests, not PCR, which is clear if you actually read the footnotes...
Fenton (who's spent months claiming most PCR positives are false, by using unrepresentative data and making embarrassing errors) then retweeted it, adding his own comment that we should ignore data not only for cases, but also hospitalisations and deaths!
https://twitter.com/profnfenton/status/1403635466541404161?s=19
To cap it all, he claims "the ludicrous NHS obsession on Covid" will deny people treatment for other things.
In fact the NHS asked for restrictions to stay in place, because another surge in covid patients will disrupt its attempts to clear that backlog.
thetimes.co.uk/article/5eac74…
In fact the NHS asked for restrictions to stay in place, because another surge in covid patients will disrupt its attempts to clear that backlog.
thetimes.co.uk/article/5eac74…
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