A sixth answer to our questions to the UKHSA about the bird flu vaccine

Question: how do you define an infectious case of bird f word? Answer: wash your mouth

THIS POST WAS UPDATED to 19 JANUARY 2024

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has responded to the last request we made under FOI.

This one asked how they define an infectious case of the bird F word. It has to be clear if they use our money to protect us from a threat.

Here’s the answer, short and sharp:

A respiratory virus is a threat if it is infectious, i.e., capable of spreading from A to B and, in this case, from a bird to a human being. If you do not have information on the definition of infectiousness, how do you know it’s a threat?

So we answered:

Let’s see what they come up with this time.

This post was written by two old geezers who want to know why we have to fork out more cash. It could be a lot more! The two old geezers will try asking xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx or xxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx.xx. Does anyone know who X is?

UPDATED ON 15 January 2025

In response to our challenge the UKHSA confirmed it did not hold the information requested so we have asked for an internal review.

UPDATED TO 19 JANUARY 2025

On 19 January Tom received confirmation that the internal review will take up to 20 working days to complete.