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15 Oct, 11 tweets, 4 min read
So, it appears that the private lab which wrongly gave out 43,000 PCR negative results was Immensa, a company with no experience of PCR tested awarded a £119 million contract after only being in existence for 4 months. Corruption costs lives.

bylinetimes.com/2020/11/09/119…
Guardian article showing the lab was run by Immensa Health Ltd, the same company mentioned in the Byline Times article above. I'm thoroughly sickened to the core by our government right now:

theguardian.com/world/2021/oct…
This gets worse - so the founder of Immensa health is also the founder of Dante labs, now under investigation by the CMA for breaking the law with COVID PCR testing

gov.uk/government/new…
Investigation of unlawful conduct include allegations that the firm is treating consumers unfairly by not returning PCR tests in time or *at all*, not responding to complaints, and delaying refunds.
It appears Immensa Health has run 2.5 million tests over the course of the pandemic and 400,000 over the period the DHSC think the problem has happened during.

That's a lot to entrust to a 'DNA analysis company' with almost no track record on COVID PCR testing...
How long back does this issue go? Was it only picked up because of discordant LFDs? How do we estimate the 43,000? Could numbers be higher, but we don't have LFDs for comparison for many people, and over other time periods? We need urgent transparency on this.
And this:
This is also Immensa Health- a video from the Sun (sorry about posting this- it was an exclusive) - showing 'lab scientists' fighting, hiring escorts, playing football, rolling about on the floor. What on earth?
thesun.co.uk/news/13900590/…
So it's even worse than this. Apparently Dante, of which Immensa Health is a subsidiary may also be in violation of data privacy laws- and is using personal data for targeted marketing:
bylinetimes.com/2021/10/14/gen…
So there's more (I sincerely hope this is the last tweet I have to add on this thread). h/t @WritesBright
Apparently Dante labs has a history of sending used kits (with other people's saliva in them!) to their customers. The incompetence is stunning.

cnbc.com/2018/06/15/dan…

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16 Oct
This piece says CMOs are not considering a 2nd dose for children until Spring! If true, this means 6 months of partial/waning protection in children, for a vaccine we know needs at least 3-doses to provide continuing protection. Where's the evidence?
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1 in 12 adolescents have infection now. They could've been vaccinated. Hospitalisations are rising in children, while we ignore all international evidence. At the very least we deserve to know why these decisions are being made - out of line with policy across the globe?
We need transparency right now. When all evidence points to overwhelming benefit of 2-dose vaccination in children, why are our kids being left unprotected, while SARS-CoV-2 is allowed to rip through schools leaving thousands with long COVID & preventable fatalities in children.
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15 Oct
Please report the fake account below impersonating @DrNeenaJha
The fake account is @DrNeenaJha_ (underscore at the end). Please note that this account has been pfishing for personal information through DMs by impersonating Dr. Jha. Please do not provide personal info to it.
Please be careful- there have been a few accounts impersonating scientists/doctors. I've had one impersonating me recently. Please check the name of the account, and followers to confirm it's the person you think it is, if you're contacted on DM.
Can @metpoliceuk look into this please? This is a person impersonating a doctor, and trying to obtain personal information.
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15 Oct
No. A single intervention that reduces *infection* and transmission by 70%-80% is *highly effective*, even if the protection wanes over time. How can someone in JCVI say vaccines reduce transmission 'poorly'? Vaccines + mitigations are the most effective tools.
Just look at the real-world data across the globe, and even in England. The highest infection rates are among the unvaccinated:

Sadly this is down to decisions made by JCVI, and rhetoric put out suggesting it's ok for children to get infected rather than vaccinated. This will have tragic consequences for many families:
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
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14 Oct
Whitty:"There're certainly some quite significant things we got wrong at the beginning, based on assumption it would be like some previous infections & it turned out not to be, & that's inevitable."
What?

news.sky.com/story/covid-19…
No, it wasn't inevitable, unless you ignored pretty much all the global evidence from SE Asia, and Italy at the time, which it appears govt, and many scientific advisors did. & the voices of many UK scientists shouting from the rooftops that the govt was making a grave error.
Prof Whitty said "zero COVID over this winter is a completely impossible dream", adding the hope was to keep it at "relatively low levels".
'Hope' sadly won't get us to 'relatively low levels' when we have case numbers of 45,000 with rises across all age groups!
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14 Oct
We're letting kids down badly. Infection rates in primary and secondary school age children continue to rise, and are the highest across all age groups. Worryingly now there are also rises in all other age groups. Rates >1100/100,000 in 10-19 yr olds & 600/100,000 in 5-9 yrs 🧵
>140,000 10-19 yr olds with *confirmed infection* (likely many more infected) in the past two weeks alone. These kids could've been vaccinated rather than exposed to the risk of long COVID, and serious illness.
This should be a scandal but DfE, govt don't seem to care about what is mass infection in children - very clearly related to school opening, and spread from lack of mitigations in schools. Remember that we no longer have contact tracing and quarantine of contacts in schools.
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13 Oct
I have to say I'm a bit disappointed by this piece platforming @mugecevik who says:
"Foremost, respect other academicians and scientists"
This is how she's respected me, and other scientists 🧵
This was the thread she said was 'cherry picking' to 'tell any story' and an example of 'how not to do scicomm'. You can decide yourself if that comment was fair or respectful:
She also made baseless allegations against other colleagues, complaining to their employers without any basis- is this respect for other academics?

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