Extract of a letter from David Osborn to the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry legal team regarding misleading evidence (16 February 2024)

Summary

Attached is an extract of a letter from David Osborn to the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry Legal Team regarding misleading evidence by Professor Yvonne Doyle, which:

• Highlights errors in Prof Yvonne Doyle’s evidence to the Inquiry relating to the declassification of Covid‑19 as a high consequence infectious disease.
• Calls into question Professor Sir Jonathan Van Tam’s evidence to the Inquiry in which he sought to attribute responsibility for the downgrade from FFP3 to FRSM to Public Health England. The letter sets out his involvement in the issue of the 4-Nations IPC guidance version 1.0 which implemented that downgrade.

Further reading on the hub:

• Healthcare workers with Long Covid: Group litigation – a blog from David Osborn

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