Corcaigh_the_Cat
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Spot on. Until they find an alternative reason for it.
Spot on. Until they find an alternative reason for it.
Curious that your explanation includes the phrase “in your opinion “ and state it’s “impossible to figure out” yet when querying bears post you used an absolute term that he was wrong? How can you prove whether he is right or wrong if you think it’s impossible?
There are possible alternative reasons.
Shutting down all NHS functions
People being afraid to go to A and E
Are two they can't be proven or disproven so how can you find an alternative?
'Almost impossible..' the point is I can't prove it and neither can he thus in absolute terms he is wrong.
Shutting down all NHS functions is a figment of your imagination I'm afraid. Having had non urgent surgery after seeing a consultant on being referred by my GP I know the statement to be wrong. A good friend of mine has had surgery too. Another treated in A&E for a heart attack who tested positive for Covid19, with no symptoms.
The numbers attending A&E will, as explained a few threads above, be diminished due to people isolating. Industrial, motor, sports accidents well below the norm, drink related injuries cut back through pubs being closed.
If, like Scotland, you intend to eradicate the disease from your borders, it's important to know if you are seeing any increase in deaths from covid-19. I'm not sure what the English policy is.So is this enquiry to find out how many people recovered from C19 but died after for an unrelated reason, but added the covid death figures?
It doesn't appear to have been an issue months ago. It might have inflated overall figures by 2.5% mainly in the last month. Other viruses aren't tested like this. The method vastly underestimates the total number who have died. It is important going forward though if we are, as in Scotland, trying to eradicate the disease. Unfortunately our half and half policy over the last three months doesn't suggest that is the intention and many more people are going to suffer from a horrible disease that good policy has avoided in dozens of other countries.Been saying this for months. I find it completely unrealistic to believe that Matt Hancock has just discovered this 'news' now. Does it not seem more plausible that he/they knew this all along, and allowed numbers to be inflated whilst driving lockdown measures in April, then releasing the news they were inflated on the day they also release news of mass easing of restrictions and a hopeful return to 'normal' by November?
Who was the person(s) responsible for making the decision that all COVID cases should be reported that way, unlike any other virus, in the first place? Why aren't they being called out?