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1. On 19th March the UK 4 nations public health HCID group made a decision that COVID-19 is NOT a high consequence infectious disease (HCID): https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid
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1. On 19th March the UK 4 nations public health HCID group made a decision that COVID-19 is NOT a high consequence infectious disease (HCID): https://www.gov.uk/guidance/high-consequence-infectious-diseases-hcid
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2. Note this important statement: "The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) is also of the opinion that COVID-19 should no longer be classified as an HCID."
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2. Note this important statement: "The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP) is also of the opinion that COVID-19 should no longer be classified as an HCID."
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@ProfKarolSikora
3. In the UK an HCID is defined as an acute infectious disease, with high case-fatality rate requires an enhanced individual, population and system response.
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3. In the UK an HCID is defined as an acute infectious disease, with high case-fatality rate requires an enhanced individual, population and system response.
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4. Professor Neil Ferguson is a member of The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP). https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/advisory-committee-on-dangerous-pathogens
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4. Professor Neil Ferguson is a member of The Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens (ACDP). https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/advisory-committee-on-dangerous-pathogens
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@ProfKarolSikora
5. I understand the committee reached the UNANIMOUS view, that COVID-19 is NOT a HCID, at a meeting on 13th March 2020.
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5. I understand the committee reached the UNANIMOUS view, that COVID-19 is NOT a HCID, at a meeting on 13th March 2020.
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@ProfKarolSikora
6. Despite this the UK SAGE group published a document on 14th March recommending enhanced individual, population and system responses to COVID-19: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/update-from-sage-delay-phase-modelling
@ProfKarolSikora
6. Despite this the UK SAGE group published a document on 14th March recommending enhanced individual, population and system responses to COVID-19: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/update-from-sage-delay-phase-modelling
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@ProfKarolSikora
7. The SAGE group, Whitty and Vallance made this decision on 14th March - the day after the ACDP committee decision and five days before the HCID group's decision.
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7. The SAGE group, Whitty and Vallance made this decision on 14th March - the day after the ACDP committee decision and five days before the HCID group's decision.
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@ProfKarolSikora
8. They therefore made this decision despite, and in contradiction to, official scientific advice.
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8. They therefore made this decision despite, and in contradiction to, official scientific advice.
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@ProfKarolSikora
9. What happened between 13th and 14th March? Why did Ferguson, Vallance and Whitty change direction before the 4 nations HCID group made their decision on 19th March?
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9. What happened between 13th and 14th March? Why did Ferguson, Vallance and Whitty change direction before the 4 nations HCID group made their decision on 19th March?
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@ProfKarolSikora
10. Professor Neil Ferguson is a member of SAGE and a member of the ACDP. How can he make a decision one day and then contradict it the next?
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10. Professor Neil Ferguson is a member of SAGE and a member of the ACDP. How can he make a decision one day and then contradict it the next?
