Originally Posted by
Expressflight
Well said. It's been disingenuous of the media not to quote the death rate per 1 million of population, but just as raw numbers in order to give a more sensational and negative headline. For the record the rate per 1 million stands today at Belgium 747, Spain 560, Italy 503 and UK 465.
The problem is 1. for the UK that is nowhere near the true figure (excess deaths compared to normal is more like 55k and higher per 1m than Belgium) 2. we can argue about measures and comparisons all we want, we are worst in Europe or at best very bad on all of them. This is a massive headache for the UK aviation industry because it’s not just us suddenly quarantining it’ll be others quarantining us. Not to mention who would want to travel here. It’s quite enlightening looking at how other countries press are reporting us, both left and right wing.