Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil

Where are the numbers? by Norman Fenton and Martin Neil

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Did flu surveillance and reporting systems (intentionally?) fail to detect flu?

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Martin Neil, Norman Fenton, Jonathan Engler, and Nick Hudson
Jun 01, 2023
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Summary

  • There appears to have been a collective and systemic failure in flu surveillance and flu death reporting systems in the UK during 2020 and into 2021.

  • The fact that this failure cuts across all parts that comprise the surveillance and reporting system suggests that this failure is not coincidental, as do the observed inconsistencies in changing pat…

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