It's disgusting to see how many covid deaths there were this summer compared to last.
Considering that we had NO vaccine last year, how can we have suffered so enormously greater losses second time around?
This HAS to be down to Boris Johnson's decision to open everything up.
Considering that we had NO vaccine last year, how can we have suffered so enormously greater losses second time around?
This HAS to be down to Boris Johnson's decision to open everything up.
NOTE
The underlying data comes from the coronavirus dashboard. I downloaded the figures for "Deaths within 28 days of positive test by date of death" then plotted a 7-day moving average for dates in summer 2020 and summer 2021.
coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths
The underlying data comes from the coronavirus dashboard. I downloaded the figures for "Deaths within 28 days of positive test by date of death" then plotted a 7-day moving average for dates in summer 2020 and summer 2021.
coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths
Summer 2020 there were still a lot of restrictions in place.
This summer, there were none. And look at the consequence, despite the widespread vaccine rollout!
(If you're thinking "but wait, Delta's much more transmissible" that's an argument for greater restrictions, no less!)
This summer, there were none. And look at the consequence, despite the widespread vaccine rollout!
(If you're thinking "but wait, Delta's much more transmissible" that's an argument for greater restrictions, no less!)
BTW don't mistake correlation for causation.
It goes without saying that deaths would have been orders of magnitude higher without the vaccine. We would have been looking at hundreds of thousands dead.
But the vaccine, while good, is insufficient on its own to stop the spread.
It goes without saying that deaths would have been orders of magnitude higher without the vaccine. We would have been looking at hundreds of thousands dead.
But the vaccine, while good, is insufficient on its own to stop the spread.
The tragedy we're looking at here doesn't compare to the horrific death toll over the winter, or last March/April.
But it was by far the most preventable. We had a year of experience and the vaccine on our side.
And it's still enormous in raw terms.
But it was by far the most preventable. We had a year of experience and the vaccine on our side.
And it's still enormous in raw terms.
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