Interesting how the UK government line in why they cant release daily trackable death figures is out of gaining consent from families. Even when no personal data is at stake and it is completely anonymised. But CHINA can't be trusted cos of their innate dirty communism.
Absolutely stinks out trajectory seems to be completely off whst everyone elses is
Just watched the full Newsnight report.
The NHS started off with 5,900 ventilators, this was subsequently increased to 8,175.
On 15 March, Hancock put out the call for firms with suitable engineering capability to dedicate resources to the manufacture of ventilators.
On 23 March, Hancock stated that new ventilators had been made, increasing the total numbers to 12,000.
However, at a government briefing on 24 March, the figure was stated as 8,000.
This was subsequently confirmed as correct to Newsnight on 25 March.
On 20 March, Hancock stated on BBC Breakfast that new first time manufacturers would be able to provide ventilators "in a matter of days".
Parts suppliers, such as MEC Medical, say that this is simply not true, it will be weeks rather than days.
Clearly, these ventilators require to be fit for purpose, firms making them for the first time require to adequately test their prototypes. As such, the public are fully capable of understanding that this will take time.
So why does Hancock feel the need to mislead the public?
Is this an honest mistake, or is he deliberately inflating the numbers from what he knows to be the true figure?
When you then watch Nadhim Zahawi wriggle like a worm on a hook when being asked to answer some very straight forward questions on Newsnight by Emily Maitlis, you find it difficult to imagine anything else but Hancock is deliberately misinforming the public..
Then you see hancock just lying with stuff like this caught red handed,then they say the NHS will be able to control the virus under current conditions,absolutely stinks to high heaven i hope someones looking into this,why do i get the feeing government are about to cover up these cause of deaths and inactions..on ones dying untested...