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A Covid death?
a UK “Covid death is recorded if a person has died *within 28 days of the 1st positive test*..it could be a major cause..could..be a contributory factor or..just present in a person’s system when they have died of something else entirely” https://www.itv.com/news/2021-01-22/why-the-covid-daily-death-toll-doesnt-chart-deaths-in-a-single-day?fbclid=IwAR1LovN1pT6VB23G93pHsFlpqOfrpSECTrYlLxFzbb5API5IEOM2Le4LrVA
a UK “Covid death is recorded if a person has died *within 28 days of the 1st positive test*..it could be a major cause..could..be a contributory factor or..just present in a person’s system when they have died of something else entirely” https://www.itv.com/news/2021-01-22/why-the-covid-daily-death-toll-doesnt-chart-deaths-in-a-single-day?fbclid=IwAR1LovN1pT6VB23G93pHsFlpqOfrpSECTrYlLxFzbb5API5IEOM2Le4LrVA
“Theoretically, a 90-year-old cancer patient already on palliative care could die but have coronavirus in their system at the time of death. That could be recorded as a coronavirus death.”
“For example, take the daily death toll on January 19 which saw 1,610 reported deaths. Of the deaths, there were 100 people who had died in 2020 and one from as far back as May last year.”
“However, It is worth noting that deaths are around 25% higher than the five year average between 2015-2019, according to ONS data, which shows the profound impact Covid is having on the UK.”
Is the 25% excess 5 year average deaths figure adjusted for demographic change related to average lifespan & living longer? https://twitter.com/hopefrequency/status/1352906056419184640
