It is simply not true that the link between infection & hospitalisation has been broken, says @chrischirp. The numbers are seven times higher than it was a year ago.
The pandemic in children is back at the level it was during the peak, says @chrischirp
'This is the number of under-18s who have been vaccinated. England is the outlier' - Prof @chrischirp
The difference between advice for schools in the US & England is stark, says @chrischrip. 'The only high-income country that is doing nothing. I personally think this is a reckless approach.'
This is @chrischirp's summary. A note of urgency & caution:
'We are only one doubling away from the July's peak.'
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🚨EXCLUSIVE: Oxford University’s Department of Statistics funded by Chinese tech giant, Tencent to develop machine learning and facial recognition techniques, @BITE and @allthecitizens can reveal.
The Oxford-Tencent ‘Collaboration on Large Scale Machine Learning’, worth £300,000, has produced 7 papers between 2018 and 2021, including at least one of direct relevance to facial recognition technology csml.stats.ox.ac.uk/projects/tence…
It is not known if or how such research might be used by the Chinese state, but Tencent’s tech has been previously accused of fuelling China’s repression and human rights abuses hrw.org/news/2020/09/2…
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At least 9 Covid-19 Travel Testing companies on the government approved list have strong political affiliations. THREAD:
… this despite only a few having had long-standing roles in healthcare/lab testing services as @BylineBITE and @allthecitizens can reveal:
Hundreds of travel test companies have popped up on the gov approved list, along with claims of unfulfilled or dumped tests, poor reviews, and under-qualified companies. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
HS2 Ltd does not know how many oak trees they have destroyed, as the company admits felling acres of ancient woodlands.
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Almost £100m in government contracts given to controversial tech companies Palantir and Faculty, a 16 month investigation by @allthecitizens and @BylineTimes reveals - far more than previously reported. THREAD:
The total in gov contracts awarded to Palantir and Faculty now sits at £94m and £11.2m, with 11 of Faculty’s 20 public sector awards, and 7 of Palantir’s, being awarded in 2020-21 alone, worth some £9.2m and £49m respectively
.@allthecitizens had previously reported that Palantir had won work with a number of government agencies. These included GCHQ: