{"podcast":{"title":"Dr. John Campbell","slug":"dr-john-campbell-7851784","podcast_index_feed_id":7851784,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG9554039150","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7a133470-32e4-11f1-ae26-ef5a830a5f06/image/aacd596ff9b51467520b0238cfcd1c87.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Campbellteaching","episode_count":658,"summary":"Hello Everyone, My name is John Campbell and I am a retired Nurse Teacher and former clinical nurse based in England. I also do some teaching in Asia and Africa when time permits. These videos are to help students to learn the background to all forms of health care. My PhD focused on the development of open learning resources for nurses nationally and internationally. LinkedIn profile, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-john-campbell-5256223b/ Twitter, https://twitter.com/Johnincarlisle Disclaimer; These media including videos, book, e book, articles, podcasts are not peer-reviewed. They should never replace individual clinical judgement from your own health care provider. No media-based material on this channel is suitable for using as professional medical advice. All comments are also for educational purposed only and must never replace advice from your own health care provider","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T06:22:02.195523+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784"},"episode":{"title":"Inconsistencies in official numbers","slug":"inconsistencies-in-official-numbers","published_at":"2026-09-04T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/inconsistencies-in-official-numbers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG7755700176.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG7755700176.mp3","summary":"Is UK government data accurate? Or is there under-reporting? https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc7A1bVuSJU https://covid.joinzoe.com/post/worryingly-close-to-100-000-new-cases-a-day Poor lateral flow test reporting Less than 50% have government ‘classical symptoms’ Therefore, government under testing Loss of smell and taste, 6 Fever, 8 ONS https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights Overall, coronavirus (COVID-19) infections continued to increase in England in the most recent week Percentage testing positive still highest in those in school years 7 to 11 Overall prevalence increases up to W/E 23rd October 2.02% in England (1 in 50 people) Week before, 1.79% (1 in 55 people) 2.56% in Wales (1 in 40 people) Week before, 2.31% (1 in 45 people) 1.31% in Northern Ireland (1 in 75 people) Week before, 0.76% (1 in 130 people) 1.36% in Scotland (1 in 75 people) Week before, 1.14% (1 in 90 people) Coronavirus antibodies remain high among UK adults (W/E 3rd October) https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/04/28/antibodies-and-immunity-how-do-they-relate-to-one-another/ 92.2% in England 90.0% in Wales 90.8% in Northern Ireland 91.3% in Scotland Positivity has increased in younger adults Showing signs of a slow decline in older adults Antibody finger prick tests A negative antibody test does not mean that a person is not protected Building up to 150,000 UK antibody tests per month Every month for the next year Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths Between 13 March 2020 and 1 October 2021, 119,869 excess deaths above the five-year average Government figures https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths 140,392 163,515 Current UK de…","meta_description":"Is UK government data accurate? Or is there under-reporting? https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk https://covid.joinzoe.com/data#levels-over-time https://www.y…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1825,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/inconsistencies-in-official-numbers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/inconsistencies-in-official-numbers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}