TSSeasider
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I thought this may have been given a bit more profile by HMG than it has been, but that may be due to Purdah.
On the BBC article, stating that 15m died from Covid around the world, not 5 million as reported by looking at excess death rates; I was pretty surprised to see, our excess death rate was lower than Germany's; given how much the actions of the UK Government (in England) were compared with the Germans, we've done significantly better than I thought we would.
To have done better than Italy, Spain and Germany should be recognised as a relative success.
On the BBC article, stating that 15m died from Covid around the world, not 5 million as reported by looking at excess death rates; I was pretty surprised to see, our excess death rate was lower than Germany's; given how much the actions of the UK Government (in England) were compared with the Germans, we've done significantly better than I thought we would.
To have done better than Italy, Spain and Germany should be recognised as a relative success.
Covid: World’s true pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO
These include deaths from Covid and from the indirect effects of the pandemic over two years worldwide.
www.bbc.co.uk