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Look at the data directly: https://www.euromomo.eu/graphs-and-maps#z-scores-by-country https://www.euromomo.eu/graphs-and-maps#z-scores-by-country Difficult to
by iridium_core 6y ago
Look at the data directly: https://www.euromomo.eu/graphs-and-maps#z-scores-by-country https://www.euromomo.eu/graphs-and-maps#z-scores-by-country
Difficult to see much excess death in the UK in the past few months beyond levels seen in the 2018 and 2017 flu seasons.
New lockdowns also seem to be coordinated across the global right now, independent of local conditions. This absolutely seems like a coordinated global action to achieve some kind of strategic aim.
- EForEndeavour 6y ago> Difficult to see much excess death in the UK in the past few months beyond levels seen in the 2018 and 2017 flu seasons. Excess mortality is only just starting to creep back up. It's easy to see that UK excess deaths peaked in early April at a weekly rate nearly 4 times that of the highest pre-2020 peak (2018-01). Ideally, we'd avoid a repeat of that. > This absolutely seems like a coordinated global action to achieve some kind of strategic aim. Could said aim by any chance be to avoid running out of hospital beds?
- jeofken 6y agoDo you have a source for the claim that hospitals are running out of beds?
- EForEndeavour 6y agoPlenty! Here's one specific news article from mid-December for the UK, with a link to the NHS data source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/17/nhs-hospitals-running-out-of-beds-as-covid-cases-continue-to-surge https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/17/nhs-hospitals-...
- jeofken 6y agoThanks for sharing. Sad to see the central planned economic model failing to provide in this sector