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pdurkin		#1 Posted : 29 December 2020 12:54:18(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		COVID 19 has been a reportable ID since 5/3/20 but in a recent report the numbers do not tally with what we are told,please advise what is he reason for this?


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Roundtuit		#2 Posted : 29 December 2020 13:24:16(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Might help if you posted the figures you are querying. The reports announced daily by the news outlets are Public Health figures. In keeping with RIDDOR it is only a counted as an Industrial Disease WHEN it is in connection with work so a virology laboratory working directly with the virus, a dedicated hospital ward treating Covid patients and not just because someone was at work with someone who tested positive.

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Roundtuit		#3 Posted : 29 December 2020 13:24:16(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Might help if you posted the figures you are querying. The reports announced daily by the news outlets are Public Health figures. In keeping with RIDDOR it is only a counted as an Industrial Disease WHEN it is in connection with work so a virology laboratory working directly with the virus, a dedicated hospital ward treating Covid patients and not just because someone was at work with someone who tested positive.

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pdurkin		#4 Posted : 29 December 2020 15:33:30(UTC)
Rank: Forum user		https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/947077/NOIDS-weekly-report-week51-2020.pdf The relevant report,note the duty o report.


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Alan Haynes		#5 Posted : 29 December 2020 16:30:24(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		I think this may explain why:- https://www.quora.com/Wh...re-are-thousands-per-day


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Roundtuit		#6 Posted : 29 December 2020 16:56:22(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Oranges versus Orangutans - you chose what to count and how to count it. The news report "anyone who has died within 28 days following a positive test" BUT there are qualifications to this counting method: https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2020/08/12/behind-the-headlines-counting-covid-19-deaths/


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Roundtuit		#7 Posted : 29 December 2020 16:56:22(UTC)
Rank: Super forum user		Oranges versus Orangutans - you chose what to count and how to count it. The news report "anyone who has died within 28 days following a positive test" BUT there are qualifications to this counting method: https://publichealthmatters.blog.gov.uk/2020/08/12/behind-the-headlines-counting-covid-19-deaths/


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