To add to the discussion on excess deaths - a claim Covid isn’t the big issue.
Don’t shoot the messenger - just looking for rays of hope
Is she the world record holder for "clutching at straws"?
Jesus, talk about her trying to find things to fit the direction she wants.
Do you seriously think she thinks that the lack of treatment in lockdown is responsible for a rapid increase in cases and deaths? She's just trying to blag it to suit her aims, or she just doesn't have a clue about maths, graphs and stats.
But, what an absolute load of crap. If that was the case (our deaths increase now is some delayed lack of treatment bounce back) it would not rise so sharply in line with test positives, which then gets trailed by deaths. There would just be more deaths across the board, from June to October. Or where they all waiting to die until Covid came back?
Does not going to hospital for a heart attack in April, mean you suddenly die in October, at the same time as Covid? How convenient.
The weekly excess deaths in April was 12k, she's got 200 more strokes, 150 more attacks, 200 respiratory infections (maybe not covid, or it would likely say covid, if they could get a test). What about the other 11.5k. What if that 500 or some that were not part of the "excess" died from unknowingly having covid as were were not testing enough, anywhere near enough.
She mentions the deaths line crossing the ITU admission line (which it hasn't crossed), yeah this happens when the admissions get high and the ITU's get filled, more die than can get admitted. Also when ITU admissions slow there's still full ITU's, of a lot of people that will die in the 18 day average! The lines have to cross, it's impossible not to, FFS! The only way this could not happen is if every person that was admitted to ITU or currently in ITU survived, or if there was no delay in death from ITU admission to dying.
She posts a covid death graph, and leaves off the deaths over 54
Her graph still proves covid is more deadly by age though (especially for over 54's), which probably wasn't her intention. Then posts peak data and tries to compare it with non peak data (smaller sample size) and wonders why the graph is all over the place, absolute amateur.
Positivity rates (if that graph is true, not seen the data, or what supports the data, but I think it would be true): Just my very quick theory, I've not looked this up, but possibly increase on Fridays and Saturdays as people probably (wrongly) wait until Friday/ Saturday to get tested after being at work during the week. Or maybe Saturday is just high priority in some areas? Busiest days tend to be Monday to Friday for a lot of workers, and a lot finish early on Fridays, or do their admin on Fridays. Nobody does much admin on Sundays, test number is low here, probably those showing less symptoms, as those with more symptoms would try and go in their first day off (Saturday), not second.
This is getting pathetic now, look what's happening in France and Belgium, and all over Europe.
Still not seen anyone explain what we do with these covid sufferers that can't breathe, if we don't treat them? Don't say Nightingales, as there's nobody to staff them, maybe Dr Clair can go there seeing as she's "between jobs".
Nobody credible can deny these cases exist, especially since seeing as every ITU and Covid ward worker keeps saying they exist and that cases are rocketing.
If Covid increases, people can't breathe, and people need air, this will take priority over anything. You can't treat everything else and ignore covid, it's not going to happen, ever, everything else is going to come second. Any medical professional should (and will) know this, it's basic first aid, tackle the highest risk first (breathing is quite important).