I'm sorry if this annoys or upsets anyone but I'm getting thoroughly pissed off with the messing about with death statistics.
Sky news have just said:
"The number of coronavirus deaths in the UK has risen sharply to 26,097 as those in care homes and the community were included in the government's figures for the first time.
The total is up from 21,678 coronavirus deaths in UK hospitals announced on Tuesday."
Sorry, but between 21st March and 17th April, there have been around 27,000 more deaths than the five year average.
Five year average was 41,452 - this year was 68,395.*
Every year, and even this year until the pandemic, we have been roughly in line with the five year average (within a few hundred).
12 days later and they're still only saying 26,000.
They're dicking about with stats from different places, some UK, some England and Wales, some just England, it's impossible to get a clear picture.
And really, I don't care what anyone says, even if some of those 'extra deaths' are people not seeking help for a heart attack/stroke etc, domestic violence incidents, suicides etc, every one of those deaths is caused directly or indirectly by this bastard virus.
For anyone that says this is ghoulish, some people cope with stress by getting a handle on the facts, and feeling like facts are being played around with is adding to stress levels.
*Data taken from Office of National Statistics.
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Sparklfairy · 29/04/2020 17:33
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