1/6. Are you aware that the rates of new cases among older people in some areas are emerging from the #ImmensaScandal significantly higher than they were before?
And that they still seems to be rising in some places.
And that they still seems to be rising in some places.
2/6. Among those aged 65 to 84, the trend still appears to be upwards in Tewksbury, Stroud and Gloucester. Rates seem to be settling in other areas after a re-test bounce but at values about 2 to 3 times higher than before the #ImmensaScandal.
3/6 . Among those aged 40 to 64, rates seem to be settling down again but sometimes 2 to 3 times higher than before the #ImmensaScandal.
Hopefully this period of children with false negatives infecting their parents and grandparents has come to an end and rates will now fall.
Hopefully this period of children with false negatives infecting their parents and grandparents has come to an end and rates will now fall.
4/6. It was apparent from the dashboard data that there was some kind of a problem as early as 10th of September.
At that time I thought it must be a temporary delay at one of the labs.
At that time I thought it must be a temporary delay at one of the labs.
https://twitter.com/UncleJo46902375/status/1436397558323089435
5/6. A failure by gov.uk on such a colossal scale was simply beyond my wildest imaginings.
10 minutes a day spent checking lab returns would have picked the problems up even earlier
10 minutes a day spent checking lab returns would have picked the problems up even earlier
6/6. Now a government in denial adds insult to injury with risible excuses, undermining its own testing strategy in the process.
It’s unbelievable.
It’s unbelievable.
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