UK expected to face the highest #COVIDー19 death toll in Europe, accounting for 40 per cent of all European deaths from the virus. 😲
https://twitter.com/guardiannews/status/1247630226106077189
The prediction that the UK will have the second highest death toll from #COVIDー19 by August comes from Seattle-based @IHME_UW. If they're right, three weeks of nonchalance and the pursuit "herd immunity" will come to be seen as a catastrophic errors. theguardian.com/world/2020/apr… 
IHME is no fly-by-night operator. It's been called the "best organisation in the world at collecting data on diseases and mapping out why we fall ill. Its Global Burden of Disease study is a collaborative effort that's valued and used in every country" theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…
for the record @IHME_UW's prediction — which I hope is wrong — that 66,000 people will die from Covid-19 in the UK, giving us the highest death toll of any European country from the virus, has also been covered by numerous other titles round the world google.com/search?safe=ac…
If you have concerns about the prediction, or the underlying data, please address them to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation - @IHME_UW - in Seattle, Washington State.
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