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Why was this allowed to happen?

UK government incompetence

Utterly shocking eye watering covid fraud related losses incurred through government incompetence.

The UK covid fraud amount is not a single figure, but rather a sum of various losses due to fraud and error across different government schemes and programmes.

List of government failures and waste

£21bn of public money lost in fraud since COVID pandemic began and most will never be recovered.

£34.5m stolen in pandemic scams by more than 6,000 cases of Covid-related fraud and cyber-crime.

£16bn lost due to fraud and error in Covid loans schemes.

£4.5bn in Covid-19 support lost to error and fraud since 2020.

Breathtaking incompetence

These figures are based on the reports and audits by the National Audit Office, the Action Fraud team, the HMRC, and other sources. However, they may not reflect the full extent of the problem, as some fraud cases may not be reported or detected.

The UK government has taken some measures to tackle fraud and recover the losses, such as creating the Public Sector Fraud Authority, the taxpayer protection taskforce, and the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit.

The incompetence shown by the UK government is utterly breathtaking.

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Molnupiravir Covid drug reportedly linked to potential virus mutations

Covid19 Virus artwork image

Covid19 medicine, Molnupiravir, sold as Lagevrio, has reportedly been linked to specific genetic changes in the virus that causes Covid19, researchers said, raising questions about whether the drug has the potential to accelerate Covid’s evolution. 

The drug works by creating mutations in the Covid genome to prevent the virus from replicating, reducing its ability to cause severe illness. However, some viral samples from patients who took the drug show a ‘signature mutation profile’, meaning changes were likely triggered by the drug, the authors said Monday 25th September 2023, in the journal Nature. 

The findings suggest that some versions of the virus continue to survive and spread even after exposure to the drug. The researchers said more studies are needed to assess the benefits and risks of using the drug.

What evidence?

There is no evidence that Lagevrio has produced more transmissible or severe variants of Covid, according to the study. The researchers also cautioned that the drug-induced mutations they found have yet to lead to a widely circulating new strain of Covid. 

Disputed

The maker has disputed the idea that Lagevrio was causing problematic new variants and said it didn’t believe its treatment was likely to contribute to mutations based on data at the time.

In another report, COVID vaccines have reportedly been linked to unexpected vaginal bleeding.

See report – (Nature journal)…

Women who don’t menstruate, including postmenopausal women and those on contraceptives, were several times more likely to experience unexpected vaginal bleeding after COVID-19 vaccination than before the vaccines were offered, a study finds.

When COVID-19 jabs were rolled out globally, many women reported heavier-than-usual menstrual bleeding soon after vaccination. Study author Kristine Blix, at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo, wanted to look at the trend systematically, particularly in women who don’t normally have periods, such as those taking contraceptives or who have been through menopause. The work is published in Science Advances.