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Old 10th May 2020, 20:33
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Originally Posted by AirportPlanner1
The excess deaths may not be due to Covid19 it’s true and I can’t say so any more than you or anyone (although the FT report the c55k figure from ONS figures does involve Covid), but it would be a massive coincidence for us to have an unrelated astronomical rise in deaths above what is normal just at the time of a global pandemic.
Surely you would expect a rise in deaths if you restrict access to healthcare for things like coronary and cancer treatment?. That is also what is happening in the US where elective surgeries have been pretty much postponed across the country - so much so that Doctors and Nurses are getting laid off and hospitals going bust.

With regards to the comparison of mortality rates look at Germany's mortality rate which is often held up as an example to the UK.



Now in deaths per million of population Germany is much better than the UK, but it is also much better than Holland who have a similar system of Social Health Insurance and spend almost exactly the same per capita as Germany. So if the figures for Covid are correct what is Germany doing different to Holland and why does that not reflect in a much lower death rate for other respiratory illnesses like seasonal flu where Geramny loses almost exactly the same number of people as Holland when compared for the different size in population.

This is why I would not be taking any of the current published numbers from anywhere as actual proof of anything.
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