- 04 Dec 2020 16:04
#15141043
...and this is the crux. The problem with Covid is that it excerbates existing conditions and many die of pneumonia. Which means without taking a test you can confuse cause of death as something else. And the UK have figures of 28 days after a confirmed result regardless of death. In other words you can die from a car accident after having a positive test 27 ago and still go down as a Covid death. The reality is here in the UK, you are hard pushed to know anyone who has died of Covid19 (although everyone seems to have had it). And those I do know who have died were on deaths door anyway. And we are meant to be one of the worse nations? If that's the case well fuck me we have over panicked being our HEALTH SERVICE STILL HAS CAPACITY AND HASN'T USED THE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITALS.
I guess what I am saying is Covid death stats don't mean much and perhaps we should look at average deaths to current death rates to have a better idea on things - especially in those countries who have unrealistic low figures rather than looking up worldometer to gain an opinion. Although even that is misleading as unrelated Covid deaths has increased significantly due to our Covid response - oh the irony!
Rancid wrote:To know if they are lying we would have to pick apart exactly how they are counting. All governments are counting cases and death different.
...and this is the crux. The problem with Covid is that it excerbates existing conditions and many die of pneumonia. Which means without taking a test you can confuse cause of death as something else. And the UK have figures of 28 days after a confirmed result regardless of death. In other words you can die from a car accident after having a positive test 27 ago and still go down as a Covid death. The reality is here in the UK, you are hard pushed to know anyone who has died of Covid19 (although everyone seems to have had it). And those I do know who have died were on deaths door anyway. And we are meant to be one of the worse nations? If that's the case well fuck me we have over panicked being our HEALTH SERVICE STILL HAS CAPACITY AND HASN'T USED THE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITALS.
I guess what I am saying is Covid death stats don't mean much and perhaps we should look at average deaths to current death rates to have a better idea on things - especially in those countries who have unrealistic low figures rather than looking up worldometer to gain an opinion. Although even that is misleading as unrelated Covid deaths has increased significantly due to our Covid response - oh the irony!