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UK COVID-19 death toll topped 38,000 as of early May: official data

By Andy Bruce

 

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A man wearing a protective face mask walks along London Bridge following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson

 

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll topped 38,000 as of early May, including suspected cases, by far the worst official toll yet in Europe, according to official data published on Tuesday.

 

The Office for National Statistics said it recorded 34,978 COVID-19 related deaths as of May 1 in England and Wales.

 

Adding previously released data from Scotland and Northern Ireland, the toll stood at 38,289 as of May 3, according to Reuters calculations.

 

While different ways of counting make comparisons with other countries difficult, the figure confirmed Britain was among those hit worst by a pandemic that has killed more than 285,000 worldwide.

 

Ministers dislike comparisons of the headline death toll, saying that excess mortality - the number of deaths from all causes that exceed the average for the time of year - is more meaningful because it is internationally comparable.

 

The figures on that front painted a grim picture, albeit improving slowly.

 

The ONS said it recorded 17,953 deaths from all causes during the week ending May 1. While a decrease for the second week running, this was 8,012 more than average for the time of year.

 

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2 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

If the attending Doctor writes COVID-19 on the death certificate, it’s COVID-19.

 

Your attempts to find cover for the Government’s failure is noted - again.

Yeah, Right :blink:

 

The public need to wake up to the fact that MSM are complicit and should learn to look elsewhere & trust their own judgement. 

 

I am again reminded of your prolific political rhetoric prior to UK's general election & what happened to the candidate in the ward in which you unilaterally declared yourself the Town Crier. In all the time you have entertained the boards with such nonsense I cannot recall you ever being right! ????

 

 

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40 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Some years ago a friend of mine who was suffering cancer died in a road accident.

 

The road accident killed him, he never made it to the death by Cancer.

 

Why the logic of such things troubles you is a mystery.

 

....in today's terms the DC would still indicate Cancer whereas any issued prior to March of this year (or whenever this virus officially started) would correctly state road traffic accident (RTA) as the cause therefore you might need to look again re logic.

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1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

If the attending Doctor writes COVID-19 on the death certificate, it’s COVID-19.

 

Your attempts to find cover for the Government’s failure is noted - again.

That depends on the degree to which the attending doctor is politically motivated. This has become a numbers game. 

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55 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

You’ve just single handedly demolished your own argument.

 

Where, in ‘todays’ terms is the pre-existing condition recorded as the cause of death and if so how would COVID-19 ever be attributed if a Pre-existing condition exists?

#17 was posted just after this belated add-on.

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2 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Some years ago a friend of mine who was suffering cancer died in a road accident.

 

The road accident killed him, he never made it to the death by Cancer.

 

Why the logic of such things troubles you is a mystery.

 

Any logical person should be troubled by the elasticity of The Coronavirus Act 2020 on the registration of deaths allegedly due to the virus and the accuracy of ONS data in relation to COVID 19.

 

It indemnifies all NHS doctors against claims of negligence and eliminates the need for a jury-led inquest on deaths attributed to COVID 19. A doctor not necessarily need to have examined the deceased prior to signing the medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD).

 

If it is "impractical" for the doctor who last saw the deceased to complete the MCCD, providing they report that the deceased "probably" had COVID 19, any other qualified doctor can sign the death certificate as a COVID 19 death.

 

There is no requirement for any signing doctor to have even seen the deceased prior to issuing the MCCD. A video link consultation within the four-week period leading up to the patient’s death, is deemed sufficient for them to pronounce death from COVID 19.

 

And there's lots more equally as worrying.

 

https://in-this-together.com/covid-19-is-a-statistical-nonsense/

 

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29 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

In-this-together.com

 

is a propaganda website with hidden ownership.

 

 

Aka, "Can't dispute the facts, so I'll rubbish the messenger".

 

Sad, Chomps. You might have learned something.

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1 hour ago, Krataiboy said:

Aka, "Can't dispute the facts, so I'll rubbish the messenger".

 

Sad, Chomps. You might have learned something.

No facts there, just opinions.

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1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Propaganda from a website in which the owner hides their identity - you mean those ‘facts’?

Ian Davies makes no attempt to hide his identity. Try reading the content of the website and watching the video before making such a silly statement. 

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