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Fame at last, lol. Channel4 FactCheck has debunked my tweet about the government harvesting DNA
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 78448621:MV80NTIxMTg3XzgyMzg4NTU5Xzk3RTZGMEZE] [b]Conspiracy theory about DNA from Covid tests makes no sense [/b] Collectively, posts alleging the government is secretly using the Covid-19 testing programme to collect DNA samples from its citizens have now been shared thousands of times on social media. Like most of the other coronavirus conspiracies, it doesn’t have any basis in fact. This statement by the Office of the Biometrics Commissioner – the independent watchdog which reviews how the police use DNA and fingerprints – makes two things absolutely clear about last week’s change in the law. First, it wasn’t driven by government ministers. Counter-terrorist police asked for the extension, because the Covid-19 epidemic has left them overstretched. “These specialist police teams and those providing information to them have had significant disruption because of Covid-19, both directly because of infections and as a result of government measures taken to control the spread of the virus. Those involved in this work require specialist training and security clearance and therefore could not be replaced easily or quickly increased in number.” Second, the DNA and fingerprints we are talking about were taken by police investigating serious crimes: terrorism and offences relating to national security. That is actually spelled out in the new legislation, if you read down far enough: it only applies to fingerprints and DNA collected under various pieces of counter-terrorism law or the Police and Criminal Evidence Act. At no point in the new regulations is there any mention of coronavirus testing There is simply no connection between this change in the law – which is all about relieving pressure on police investigating terrorism – and the NHS Test and Trace programme. FactCheck verdict No one’s fingerprints or DNA are recorded when they get a Covid test, and the statutory instrument passed last week has nothing to do with testing. People promoting this theory online are actually linking to this new law, as though it proves them right. But this is based on a misunderstanding of what the law says. Imagine how many staff working across testing sites and laboratories across the country, in government the police and the NHS, would have to be in on this secret plan to misuse the testing system – without giving it away. We would suggest that this theory doesn’t pass the common sense test, and we would encourage people to stop spreading inaccurate information that could undermine trust in the Covid testing system. https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-conspiracy-theory-about-dna-from-covid-tests-makes-no-sense [/quote]
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This is my tweet. It got a lot more attention than I expected!
https://twitter.com/_/status/1304428556986937345
Just got this in reply:
https://twitter.com/_/status/1305830346081140737
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