So many numbers and figures abound and the hysterics of the press do not help but are we really seeing what the media and government are trying to make us believe we are seeing? Naturally there are many sceptics; we may yet have to eat our words but more and more it is looking like a massive overreaction that our grandchildren's children will still be paying for:
Note: Updated 2020-04-21 using the latest data released by the Office for National Statistics and Public Health England, complete to 2020-04-17. Numbers will be lower than those given in daily government press releases as all figures here exclude Scotland and Northern Ireland. They also exclude estimated deaths between 2020-04-17 and the most recently announced.
Bear in mind that since 1996 there are FIVE MILLION MORE PEOPLE in the country. Since 1999/2000 4 million more people etc.
"For overall mortality, recent weeks have not been as bad as some previous flu seasons. The week ending 2020-04-10, was a bad week 18,516 people died. However, since 1996 there have been three weeks in previous years which were worse."
Both images and quotes from COVID-19 in Proportion?, Inproportion2.
Hat-tip: Lockdown Sceptics.
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