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With UK Covid deaths the highest in Europe, is this living with Covid?

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Alegrias1 Fri 15-Oct-21 09:15:17

How about this one?

We can all find scary stats and we can all find stats that aren't scary at all. And getting the numbers right is important or nobody will believe the points you make.

Also, with some judicious data selection, I can make it look like the situation in France and Spain is nearly twice as bad as it is here, with things getting worse for them (Second graph)

My point? History isn't the same as forecast.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 15-Oct-21 09:04:53

“We seem to have snatched defeat from the jaws of vaccine victory.”

This is what the OP is getting at as well most posters know but choose to deflect.

Josianne Fri 15-Oct-21 08:37:57

And how were things in Slovenia regarding masks please?

Newquay Fri 15-Oct-21 08:36:41

I keep seeing these figures on the news every night yet hardly know anyone who actually has it!

Juliet27 Fri 15-Oct-21 08:36:15

I think you’d better start again marq66 as everyone is getting muddled by your figures.

Maggiemaybe Fri 15-Oct-21 08:35:22

Also, as regards total deaths per million of population, we are 15th in Europe.

Maggiemaybe Fri 15-Oct-21 08:31:37

Please provide a link to your figure of 45066 deaths in September..

Perhaps it’s just coincidental that it’s the exact figure declared for Covid cases yesterday?

Your case figures are also way out.

Josianne Fri 15-Oct-21 08:30:05

No she said compared with last September.

Alegrias1 Fri 15-Oct-21 08:29:12

You've got the case numbers and deaths wrong.

Approx 450 deaths in the month, not 45,000.

Average daily cases, about 40,000.

Juliet27 Fri 15-Oct-21 08:28:34

I think she means the total of deaths up to September. I think she also means 45000 cases per day for 14th Oct.

Josianne Fri 15-Oct-21 08:28:08

Are you having a laugh? I'm not a figures person, but 45,000 deaths last month is ludicrous reporting.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 15-Oct-21 08:25:41

Prof. Winston Graham has said that the government’s mistakes were catastrophic, with an abysmal and culpable level of unpreparedness, not experienced in most places in the developed world.

Zoejory Fri 15-Oct-21 08:24:30

For the month of September, the UK recorded 45,066 deaths due to Civd

Over 45.000 deaths in September? That can't be right.

marq66 Fri 15-Oct-21 08:19:00

For the month of September, the UK recorded 45,066 deaths due to Civd (compared to 420 in Sept 2020) and Covid cases have shot up to 4500 per day (Oct 14th). Why is the government not leading better action to control this position? I have just travelled through Europe where in Spain, Italy, Croatia and France masks are worn in shops and on all transport with 99% compliance. Their Covid cases are less than 5000 per day and deaths are substantially lower than UK (c25 per day). If these countries can control their cases, alleviating the pressure on their health services with all its consequential benefits (other medical issues being dealt with, economy able to recover etc) why is the UK blindly pretending we can live with Covid at these stupidly high rate with its consequential pain for GPs, the NHS and the poor families affected? When Sajid Javid fails to face doctors face to face at their conference, as promised, this tells you all you need to know!