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1 April 2021updated 23 Jul 2021 1:33pm

The Race Commission left out “inconvenient evidence” on Covid-19 deaths, claims insider

A Sage paper on ethnic minority coronavirus deaths was omitted from the report, despite being submitted as evidence by the Department of Health and Social Care.

By Ailbhe Rea

It is “impossible to square” some of the conclusions of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities report with the evidence it considered, a source with close knowledge of the Commission tells the New Statesman, claiming the Commission made “selective use” of evidence in its findings.   

The source, who wishes to remain anonymous, expresses concern that “a huge amount of motivated reasoning was going on as this evidence was being heard and interpreted” and that “inconvenient evidence” was dismissed. 

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