Inconsistencies in official numbers
June 17, 2026
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29:25This episodeInconsistencies in official numbers
Summary
Is UK government data accurate? Or is there under-reporting?
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk
https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc7A1bVuSJU
https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/worryingly-close-to-100-000-new-cases-a-day
Poor lateral flow test reporting
Less than 50% have government ‘classical symptoms’
Therefore, government under testing
Loss of smell and taste, 6
Fever, 8
ONS
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights
Overall, coronavirus (COVID-19) infections continued to increase in England in the most recent week
Percentage testing positive still highest in those in school years 7 to 11
Overall prevalence increases up to W/E 23rd October
2.02% in England (1 in 50 people)
Week before, 1.79% (1 in 55 people)
2.56% in Wales (1 in 40 people)
Week before, 2.31% (1 in 45 people)
1.31% in Northern Ireland (1 in 75 people)
Week before, 0.76% (1 in 130 people)
1.36% in Scotland (1 in 75 people)
Week before, 1.14% (1 in 90 people)
Coronavirus antibodies remain high among UK adults (W/E 3rd October)
https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/04/28/antibodies-and-immunity-how-do-they-relate-to-one-another/
92.2% in England
90.0% in Wales
90.8% in Northern Ireland
91.3% in Scotland
Positivity has increased in younger adults
Showing signs of a slow decline in older adults
Antibody finger prick tests
A negative antibody test does not mean that a person is not protected
Building up to 150,000 UK antibody tests per month
Every month for the next year
Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths
Between 13 March 2020 and 1 October 2021,
119,869 excess deaths above the five-year average
Government figures
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths
140,392
163,515
Current UK deaths (ONS)
12,845 per week
14.8% above average
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