Rejected petition Update NHS/111 and Public guidance to reflect evolving dominant Covid symptoms

UK Covid symptom prevalence now: 1 Headache 2 Runny nose 3 Sneezing 4 Sore throat 5 Cough so relying on 8 Fever and 6 Loss of Smell/Taste is unsafe. NHS & Public are not updated of need to test if they have the current most prevalent symptoms which can be severely undermining control of viral spread

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Viruses evolve to cause milder initial illness because when a virus is too debilitating it’s victims do not spread it. The most prevalent Covid symptoms are changing, so to identify infected persons accurately the advice to test needs to be guided by the most up to date and accurate symptom information available. The Government should ensure this is done by eg HAS UK (was Public Health England) as the guidance for testing is/has not been updated. Ref: Prof. Tim Spector of ZOE & Guys Hospital.

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It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

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Decisions about advice provided by the NHS is a clinical matter for the NHS and individual clinicians, not the Government or Parliament.

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Date submitted 4 November 2021
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