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John McKenna wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:54 pm

Meanwhile -

"2020 had highest number of deaths in England and Wales since the First World War"

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/2020-set-to-h ... 09798.html

Take a look at the first graph and you can see that the death toll started rising significantly - from a post-1950 low to near historic heights - just after 2010. Another example of the government "ramping things (deaths) up" due to cutting down (austerity).

Really the post-crash administrations in the UK should have bern subject to government health warnings - THIS GOVERNMENT CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH AND INCREASE DANGER OF DEATH.

John McKenna wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:54 pm

Another example of the government "ramping things (deaths) up" due to cutting down (austerity).

Separate figures published by the UK’s statistics agencies for deaths where COVID-19 has been mentioned on the death certificate estimate there could have been as many as 93,000 deaths involving COVID-19 in the UK.

The last time England and Wales reported more than 600,000 deaths in a single year was more than a century ago in 1918, when the First World War came to an end and as the Spanish flu pandemic took hold.

The figures for 2020 were 14% higher than the five-year average.

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 12, 2021 1:47 pm

John McKenna wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:54 pm

Another example of the government "ramping things (deaths) up" due to cutting down (austerity).

I think you may find that when there's an increase in the population, there's a parallel increase in the number of deaths

When the age and size of the population is taken into account, 2020 saw the worst death rates since the 2000s.

This measure - known as age-standardised mortality - takes into account population growth and age.

The data is only available until November - so the impact of deaths in December have not yet been taken into account - but it shows the death rate at that stage was at its highest in England since 2008.

Matthew Turner wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 12, 2021 10:59 am

I was thinking more about what it means for the roll-out of the vaccine rather than the specifics of the case itself.

“By the middle of February, if things go well and with a fair wind in our sails, we expect to have offered the first vaccine dose to everyone in the four top priority groups identified by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.”

However, the Prime Minister confirmed they would “remain cautious about the timetable ahead”.
All legislation for the new lockdown is in place until March 31st meaning the rules and restrictions may need to be followed until then, depending on how the vaccine is rolled out and how the NHS is coping.

Jon Tait wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:09 am

Over 100,000 deaths now, with the worst per capita death rate IN THE WORLD.
But Boris Johnson says he's deeply sorry and did everything he could, so no worries then

Ihor Lewyk wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:15 am

But the economy is doing great. Oh no at second glance it is just about the worse hit in the western world.
But hey! He got Brexit done!

Jon Tait wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:09 am

Over 100,000 deaths now, with the worst per capita death rate IN THE WORLD.
But Boris Johnson says he's deeply sorry and did everything he could, so no worries then

Prof Linda Bauld, public health expert from the University of Edinburgh, said the UK's current position was "a legacy of poor decisions that were taken when we eased restrictions".

She told the BBC the lack of focus on test and trace and the "absolute inability to recognise" the need to address international travel had also led to a more deadly winter surge.

Prof Sir Michael Marmot, who carried out a review of inequalities in Covid-19 deaths, said the UK had entered the pandemic "in a bad state" with rising health inequality, a slowdown in life expectancy improvements and a lack of investment in the public sector.