The UK has three months to avoid a potential second wave of infections in the winter that could lead to 120,000 hospital deaths, finds a report requested by the government’s chief scientific adviser Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2248691-a-bad-uk-winter-could-cause-120000-covid-19-deaths-in-hospitals/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
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Lockdown-Ignoring Sweden Now Has Europe’s Highest Per-Capita Death Rate
Sweden’s death rate per million (376) “is far in advance of Norway’s (44), Denmark’s (96) and Finland’s (55) — countries with similar welfare systems and demographics, but which imposed strict lockdowns…” reports the Guardian, “raising concerns that the country’s light-touch approach to the coronavirus may not be helping it build up broad immunity.” “According to the scientific online publication Ourworldindata.com, Covid-19…
How are COVID-19 deaths counted?
Most COVID-19 deaths are easy to diagnose, but sometimes the immediate cause of death is not so clear, leading to accusations of politically-motivated falsification of death certificates. Source: https://www.livescience.com/how-covid-19-deaths-are-counted.html