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Jennifer Moore 😷Nov 30, 2022

Good thread on Freedom of Information & research, with the Immensa lab mistakes as an example.
https://econtwitter.net/@fetzert/109427967508764023

#FreedomOfInformation #research #Immensa #FOI

Thiemo Fetzer (@[email protected])

Attached: 2 images I am going to share this as I think there is a much wider point to make. Last year, I studied the #Immensa #Dantelabs #COVID19 testing scandal. A large #PCR lab basically produced tons of #FalseNegatives -- see my thread from last year: https://twitter.com/fetzert/status/1460166688423489538 Today the #Inquiry results came out. Wrong equipment settings were to blame. This is what produced the #FalseNegatives. More importantly, there is now an #Epidemiology paper with *13* @UKHSA authors. Let's compare... @[email protected]

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Rebecca Buchea Nov 30, 2022

"Each incorrect negative test likely led to just over two additional infections," the report said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-63795285

#COVID #COVID19 #IMMENSA

Covid test errors may have led to 23 extra deaths - BBC News

A report says 39,000 people may also have been given incorrect PCR results from a private lab.

BBC News

WrathofJan 🌞🌻🌎🖖Nov 29, 2022

* #UKHSA publishes investigation findings following errors at the private Immensa lab
The #UK #HealthSecurityAgency (UKHSA) has published findings of an investigation following errors at the private #Immensa laboratory in Wolverhampton. *

Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦Nov 29, 2022

So on the one hand people died, but on the other hand, a mate of Tory ministers got to make millions out of the deal.

So, you know, swings and roundabouts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-63795285

#Covid19 #Immensa #Corruption

Immensa lab errors may have led to 23 Covid-19 deaths

A report says 39,000 people may also have been given incorrect PCR results from a private lab.

BBC News

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Thiemo Fetzer Nov 29, 2022

As society we need to learn to get better at making policy making evidence based. We need to increase transparency as there are tons of potential conflicts of interests when it comes to public procurement. As taxpayers we need to demand good stewardship of these resources.

#Immensa #COVID19 #Testing #Dantelabs #COVID19Inquiry

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Thiemo Fetzer Nov 29, 2022

They basically do the same that I did. They estimate a #SyntheticControl based on binary treatment classification of areas from where tests were dispatched to #Immensa lab.

Its funny how their and my figures a year later are so similar.

It highlights: data access is a key barrier as they had slightly better data. But this was entirely avoidable.

In fact, I did launch a #FreedomOfInformation #FOI request last year to request the data that the #UKHSA team was using...

Now that FOI...

Thiemo Fetzer Nov 29, 2022

I am going to share this as I think there is a much wider point to make. Last year, I studied the #Immensa #Dantelabs #COVID19 testing scandal.

A large #PCR lab basically produced tons of #FalseNegatives -- see my thread from last year:

https://twitter.com/fetzert/status/1460166688423489538

Today the #Inquiry results came out. Wrong equipment settings were to blame. This is what produced the #FalseNegatives.

More importantly, there is now an #Epidemiology paper with *13*
@UKHSA
authors. Let's compare...
@economics

Thiemo Fetzer 🇪🇺🇺🇦 on Twitter

“What is the epidemiological impact of a #falsenegative #COVID test? An important question in a high vaxx/low NPI context, but one that cannot be studied in a experiment for obvious reasons. Enter the UK, a reliable supplier of #naturalexperiments. 🧵⬇️ ➡️https://t.co/Zt0cHz9zoo”

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Gemma Abbott Nov 29, 2022

Ministers originally claimed it was “completely false” to say there was a VIP lane for testing contracts

This was a lie

Good Law Project exposed the truth as to which companies benefitted - and they’re still fighting to uncover who referred them

Watch this space 👀

#UKPolitics #Immensa #Covid #VIPLane #TestAndTrace

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Gemma Abbott Nov 29, 2022

At the time, we at Good Law Project threatened legal action, observing “We don’t know why government chose to sidestep established testing facilities in universities and hospitals to send £119m to a newly formed private company”

When we find out *who* added Immensa to the VIP Lane, might we also find out why?

#UKPolitics #Immensa #Covid #VIPLane #TestAndTrace