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From the BMJ
Covid-19: “Staggering number” of extra deaths in community is not explained by covid-19
"Only a third of the excess deaths seen in the community in England and Wales can be explained by covid-19, new data have shown."
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"Of those 30 000, only 10 000 have had covid-19 specified on the death certificate. While Spiegelhalter acknowledged that some of these “excess deaths” might be the result of underdiagnosis, “the huge number of unexplained extra deaths in homes and care homes is extraordinary. When we look back . . . this rise in non-covid extra deaths outside the hospital is something I hope will be given really severe attention.”
He added that many of these deaths would be among people “who may well have lived longer if they had managed to get to hospital.”"
Covid-19: “Staggering number” of extra deaths in community is not explained by covid-19
"Only a third of the excess deaths seen in the community in England and Wales can be explained by covid-19, new data have shown."
...
"Of those 30 000, only 10 000 have had covid-19 specified on the death certificate. While Spiegelhalter acknowledged that some of these “excess deaths” might be the result of underdiagnosis, “the huge number of unexplained extra deaths in homes and care homes is extraordinary. When we look back . . . this rise in non-covid extra deaths outside the hospital is something I hope will be given really severe attention.”
He added that many of these deaths would be among people “who may well have lived longer if they had managed to get to hospital.”"
