1. Sreenshot from https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/  showing plots of #Covid19UK deaths. First is deaths within 28 days of pos test; 2nd is ONS data (covid listed as one of causes on death cert). In the ONS data, weekly deaths are now less than half they were in spring peak, but .....
2. ...in the other (which is the one used in the media) the currently weakly deaths are MORE than they were in the spring. Here are the direct weekly comparisons
3. So, during the spring peak the ONS weekly deaths were about twice as high as the 28-days pos deaths, but since Oct ONS weekly deaths are LESS than the latter.
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