![]() The Innova LFTs, which the Government has spent £3bn on, do not meet the acceptable standards set by the WHO for confirming or ruling out COVID-19 whilst the FDA issued an urgent recall of the tests due to accuracy issues and urged people to put them “in the trash”. Lateral flow tests (LFTs) suffer from inaccuracy and miss the majority (60%) of asymptomatic infections – the very purpose they would be deployed for. ![]() The MHRA, senior advisors at the Department of Health, and the Royal Statistical Society have all voiced concerns about the Government’s use of mass testing. If the Government’s analysis is that the situation is worse now than it was in July, the case for vaccine passes would be weakened further still, as vaccination coverage is considerably greater than it was in July. Since then, vaccination rates have only increased – so it is unclear what the Government’s policy change is in aid of. The Government’s own covid certification review in July 2021 concluded that the “burden” of covid passes would be “disproportionate” to any benefits, and that they should not be mandated. A paper by researchers at Oxford University found that peak viral load of the Delta strain of the virus is similar in unvaccinated people as it is in vaccinated people, meaning there is a similar risk in an infected vaccinated person spreading the virus as an infected unvaccinated person. Therefore, during a wave of infections, transmission of the virus is highly likely in vaccinated-only environments. The available vaccines are not able to prevent infections or transmission of the virus - but data shows they are successfully cutting hospitalisations and deaths from the virus. Over 90% of people aged over 16 years old across the four nations have received a first dose, and approximately 94% of the population has antibodies (ONS) The availability of effective vaccines means that those most vulnerable to covid-19 are highly protected from serious illness. Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants The Lord Bishop of St Albans (Rt Revd Dr Alan Smith)
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