Thread by @GShillver

@HullJrah @hughosmond What's a care home though? What proportion of care homes are actually Hospices? Many in hospices are already on end of life care. Something to note, when the initial wave of deaths in care homes happened, positive test within 60 days rather than 28 days was stated as covid death

@HullJrah @hughosmond Reason why I'm making a distinction is that this blanket term care home could actually break down into different institutions where people are there for different purposes & different health conditions. Many of the deaths could have been ppl with months or days left to live

@HullJrah @hughosmond Now someone terminally ill in a hospice, told they have a month or so to live, tests positive for covid and dies 5-6 weeks later of their illness could still be a covid death cos they died within 60 days of a positive test. All 'care homes' are not the same

@HullJrah @hughosmond And we know a positive test does not confirm illness, therefore cannot state a person died of whatever they supposedly tested positive for.

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