Originally Posted by
bcn_boy
Turkey has been silencing it’s nurses and doctors, many have been arrested for speaking out about the dire situation in Turkey. Access to social media has been severely restricted and those found posting any negative comments about the virus or that of the governments handling have been arrested and their posts removed or had threats against their person and families. There are many documented cases by various NGO’s whose reports are available across the Internet. Istanbul has in excess of 40k extra deaths in the first three months of this year.
Fair enough. If accurate death registrations are available, the xs deaths are generally agreed to be the most accurate measurement. In the UK the current xs deaths are now negative, because some people would have died anyway of their other illnesses.