SARS-CoV-2 and Nature

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Dear Department of Health and Social Care,

This is a request for information pursuant Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000.

Department for Health and Social Care is obligated through the FOI Act and ought to be compliant with Public Accountability, Interest and Transparency doctrines to fulfil this request, particularly since a regulatory framework has been established to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, presumably on an evidence basis.

1. Please disclose any recorded information proving that a SARS-CoV-2 virus exists in Nature.

2. Please disclose any recorded information proving that a COVID-19 disease exists in Nature and is proven to be caused by a SARS-CoV-2 virus.

3. Please disclose any recorded information that the Pfizer vaccine said to mitigate symptoms of a COVID-19 disease is proven safe and effective against a SARS-CoV-2 virus, or in simple terms, is proven to provide immunity against a purported SARS-CoV-2 viral infection.

4. Please disclose any recorded information demonstrating the evidence that a SARS-CoV-2 virus is capable of transmission causing COVID-19. Note: this requires evidence that an identifiable SARS-CoV-2 virus [particle] travelling through the air from a subject in aerosol or some other form and is caught or received by another subject who then goes on to suffer with COVID-19, the purported result or cause a of SARS-CoV-2 virus.

5. Please disclose any recorded information demonstrating the evidence that a SARS-CoV-2 virus is capable of spread, by being exhaled in sputum or other bodily fluid from a subject onto and retained on a surface [and the time period established for SARS-CoV-2 to remain as a living organism] so as to be collected or picked up by a second subject at any point within the recognised and proven timeframe.

6. Please disclose any recorded information proving that face coverings mitigate the transmission and spread of a SARS-CoV-2 virus.

7. Please disclose the proof that a RT-PCR, Rapid antigen test or any other test is capable of identifying a SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Note: Real micrographic imagery is to be accepted as fundamental proof. Computer generated imagery is not to be accepted as fundamental proof.

Yours faithfully,

P Newton

Department of Health and Social Care

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FreedomofInformation, Department of Health and Social Care

Dear Mr/Ms Newton

 

You wrote to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on 4 December
2020 requesting information in relation to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

 

I apologise that we have not yet responded to your request, but as I’m
sure you understand, the FOI team has received an exceptionally large
number of requests during the past few months, at a time when the
Department as a whole is experiencing an unprecedented strain on its
resources in combatting the pandemic, and as a result of this, there are a
number of requests which we have not been able to respond to within the
deadlines.

 

Taking into account how much the situation regarding the pandemic has
changed since you submitted your request, you may feel that the
information you sought is no longer relevant. Please reply to this email
if you would still like a response to your request, and we will answer it
as soon as we are able.  However, if we do not hear from you by 26 April,
we will take it that the requested information is no longer required, and
close your case.

 

The Government’s COVID-19 ‘hub’, which can be found
at [1]www.gov.uk/coronavirus, is regularly updated.  The hub offers all
the Government’s latest advice and guidance, and provides information and
statistics relating to Covid (for example, data from the Office of
National Statistics).

 

You may be aware that the World Health Organisation has compiled a
comprehensive database of research information in relation to Coronavirus,
which is available here (by following the links ‘Research and Development’
>’Global research database’):
[2]https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases...

 

With reference to the scientific evidence relating to measures to control
Covid, this is led by the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies
(SAGE), which provides scientific and technical advice to support
government decision makers during emergencies. The Government publishes
evidence that has been considered by SAGE on the GOV.UK website, and
scientific papers relevant to the efficacy of face coverings in containing
the spread of the virus are available at the following link:

[3]face covering - Search - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

 

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Yours sincerely

 

Dorothy Crowe

Freedom of Information Team

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