Thread by @DarrenSloan8

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As someone who followed NHS stats since Covid was in Italy I had noticed how low deaths were in certain causation groups

Until Covid struck we had ~4000 less deaths than average in 2020

Respiratory illness deaths were below average and normally we have ~70k of those a year

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Usually the winter period sadly kills off the vulnerable, this is most prominent in poorer communities.

In the winter of 2017/18 we had 50,100 excess deaths in E&W.

Yet in 2018/19 we only had deaths 23,200 the lowest since 2013/14.

2019/2020 excess winter deaths 28,500

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My point being
After having 2 mild winters with low excess deaths, did that just help extend the lives of the most vulnerable until the Covid virus( whatever it is ) came along and claimed those lives.
As you can see before & after March/April excess deaths were below average

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Were the lives lost to Covid just lives that had been extended due to previous mild winter viruses only to be claimed by the first harsh virus to come along.

So we have destroyed the country to protect lives extended by nature only to be claimed by nature at a later date.