Susan Hopkins of PHE, insists we are in for a tough winter, as our immunity to other viruses could have fallen, after a year with no flu and norovirus.
That is exactly what happens when you stop people interacting with each other; ie lockdowns compromise our immunity systems.
A very cogent argument against lockdowns!
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As loyal readers know Public Health England (PHE) often features on this site.
I had hoped that since the announcement, last year, of its abolition that we would hear nothing more of this useless organisation. Sadly this has proven not to be the case.
It transpires that, for reasons that are unclear, PHE will not work on Sundays wrt the national vaccination project.
Why not?
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As is all too obvious, Handock and the the others who claim to be making the decisions that affect us all wrt Covid, have been taken prisoner by the health zealots.
Not content with imposing arbitrary restrictions on people and businesses before the national lockdown, then imposing another national lockdown, these zealots are not only pushing for an extension of the lockdown but a further tightening of post lockdown restrictions (eg the ban of booze sales after 21:00).
Whether that has any effect on the alleged levels of infection is a moot point. However, what is assured is that it will further cripple the economy.
A dead economy will not be able to feed the open maw that is the NHS, these zealots might want to think about that!
There needs to be balance in this.
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Superb thread from Sky’s Ed Conway on the government shambles with Covid stats. https://t.co/LEugnzUT7C
— Andrew Neil (@afneil) October 5, 2020
Nanny Knows Best: The Silence Will Fall When The Questions Are Asked - The Covid Questions That Dare Not Speak Their Name Please RT https://t.co/XQgqBF4LDc pic.twitter.com/jNWcCcH5sr
— Ken Frost (@ken_frost) September 21, 2020
The bottom line here is that the tests are unreliable and the figures reported each day are not to be trusted.
As such, to base decisions on these statistics is crazy. Nanny ought to be looking at hospital admissions (those being admitted with Covid) to get a sense of what is actually happening.
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It is good to see that PHE will be abolished, and replaced (allegedly) with a German style pandemic response agency.
However, what will not be so good if the new agency is staffed with those who worked for PHE and is run by a person over-promoted for failure in previous roles.
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Public Health England has changed its definition of deaths: here’s what it means https://t.co/xL4ZOY0pVc
— Carl Heneghan (@carlheneghan) August 12, 2020
Due to technical difficulties we are unable to update the dashboard, but can confirm that:
— Public Health England (@PHE_uk) August 11, 2020
1,148 new positive cases of coronavirus have been recorded on Tuesday 11 August, giving a total of 312,789.
102 new deaths have been reported across the UK, giving a total of 46,628.
PHE tweet their stats that have been officially suspended, they are taking the piss.
For the record, ONS shows less than 20 deaths per day!
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The latest ONS date-of-death update confirms why the daily PHE all settings series should be ignored till their investigation is finished.
— David Paton (@cricketwyvern) July 28, 2020
ONS has 30 deaths for 14 Jul (later dates likely to be updated) whilst PHE has 68.
The PHE series underestimates the decline in deaths. pic.twitter.com/xMNwaPKXkv
www.nannyknowsbest.com is brought to you by www.kenfrost.com "The Living Brand"BREAKING ....
— Joe Murphy (@JoeMurphyLondon) July 17, 2020
Matt Hancock calling "urgent review" into a staggering fiasco at Public Health England.
They are counting people who die of natural causes as coronavirus deaths if they tested positive at any time previously.
Not clear how many deaths were recorded in this way
Prof @carlheneghan and Statistician, @oke_jason help explain why there is a disparity between ONS death data and PHE daily updates: https://t.co/wxmoTQq3AS#cebm #EvidenceCOVID #COVIDresearch
— CEBM (@CebmOxford) July 15, 2020
“It’s about people choosing to look after themselves better, staying active and stopping smoking. Making better choices by limiting alcohol, sugar, salt and fat.It sounds to me as though it will be a case of penalising people and telling them what to eat drink, and smoke!
But focusing on the responsibilities of patients, isn’t about penalising people.
It’s about helping them make better choices, giving them the all the support we can, because we know taking the tough decisions is never easy.”
"We need to move from a system that detects and treats illnesses to one that also predicts and prevents poor health through promoting health in all policies and puts people back in charge of their own health."I have a few observations:
“It could mean less meat on a pizza, it could mean less cheese, it could mean a smaller size. Consumers are saying they want smaller portions and healthier options.Here's why this is bollocks:
We know that just having healthy options on the menu won’t change the nation’s habits - we need the default option to have fewer calories. The default options for pizzas are margherita and pepperoni pizzas, so we need them to get healthier.”
“Many of us enjoy a drink– but whether it’s a few in the pub after work a couple of times a week, some beers on the sofa watching the football or regular wine with our dinner – it’s all too easy to let our drinking creep up on us.Selbie then, without any hint of irony, said that “narking at people” about what they may be doing wrong was futile!
Setting yourself a target of having more drink free days every week is an easy way to drink less and reduce the risks to your health.”
"What is the point in being at some distance in people’s lives and just telling them they are doing everything wrong? But if we can run towards them with something they find helpful, that’s got to be a good thing.”Interestingly guidance issued by Dame Sally Davies, the chief medical officer, advises that men and women should not drink more than 14 units of alcohol per week, which amounts to six 175ml glasses of wine.
“We have more obese children in England than ever before – we have one in five children arriving in primary school already obese or overweight and one in three leaving primary school obese or overweight."PHE then go on to say that we should only eat around 1,600 calories a day.
