Nobby_66
Vital Football Hero
Spot on, however my post was a little tongue in cheek and if our old mate Wayne was here, he'd point to the "excess deaths" figure which I think stands at around 90k on the the 5 year average.Death Certificates have always been a bit bizarre. My old man had terminal cancer. His death certificate stated "pneumonia". I remember asking at the time and was told technically that's what he died of.
I know why we pay so much attention to the numbers who have died but there will always be anomalies. Nobby's example is absolutely correct I believe the person hit by a bus would be counted as a COVID stat. The person who died months after (due to COVID) wouldn't.
It would be better if we standardised across the world but however you count the UK deaths they are very, very high and there must be lessons learnt.
Does this mean that, realistically, 90k have died OF covid?