More people dying of Flu and pneumonia than Coronavirus

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Nearly three times more people dying of flu and pneumonia than coronavirus
Emma BrazellWednesday 22 Jul 2020 9:40 am

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New ONS figures show 917 flu and pneumonia deaths were registered for the week ending on July 10, compared to 366 Covid-19 deaths (Picture: PA/Getty)

Nearly three times as many people are now dying of flu and pneumonia than with coronavirus in England and Wales, new figures have revealed.

Numbers published by the Office For National Statistics show 917 flu and pneumonia deaths were registered for the week ending on July 10.
In comparison, 366 people died that week after testing positive for Covid-19 – the lowest number of deaths involving the virus in the last 16 weeks and a 31.2% decrease compared with the previous week, which saw 532 deaths.

Overall, the number of deaths registered in the same week was 6.1% (560 deaths) below the five-year average – the fourth consecutive week it has been below average.

It comes as 15 more coronavirus hospital deaths were confirmed in England on Tuesday, bringing the UK hospital death toll to 33,798.
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The government has paused its official announcement of daily deaths in care homes and the wider community, amid claims Public Health England has been ‘over-exaggerating figures’.

Researchers have accused PHE of counting people as victims if they die of any cause at any time after testing positive for the virus – meaning they would still be included if they were ‘run over by a bus three months later’.

The Department for Health and Social Care said last week daily figures would come to a halt while the issue is ‘resolved’.

Clinical staff wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as they test key workers for the novel coronavirus at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge on May 5, 2020. - NHS services have come under increased strain with the number of a patients hospitalised and requiring critical care because of the COVID-19 pandemic which has claimed over 30,000 lives in the UK. Mass testing has become a key part of the UK strategy in their battle against the virus. (Photo by Neil HALL / POOL / AFP) (Photo by NEIL HALL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)


Clinical staff wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as they test key workers for the novel coronavirus at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge on May 5, 2020 (Picture: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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A man wearing a mask as a precaution against the transmission of the novel coronavirus is seen walking outside the entrance to the emergency department of University College Hospital in London on July 17, 2020 (Picture: AFP via Getty Images)

A leading scientist has claimed nearly half of NHS workers were infected with coronavirus at the peak of the pandemic.

Sir Paul Nurse, Francis Crick Institute director, told MPs today that ‘up to 45%’ of healthcare workers were infected in April – but a lack of testing meant most cases went undetected.

Meanwhile, one of the government’s top scientific advisors has poured cold water on Boris Johnson’s hope for ‘a significant return to normality’ by Christmas, warning the UK will be living with coronavirus for ‘very many, many years to come’.

Professor Sir Jeremy Farrar, a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) and director of the Wellcome Trust, told the Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee: ‘Things will not be done by Christmas. This infection is not going away, it’s now a human endemic infection.

‘Even, actually, if we have a vaccine or very good treatments, humanity will still be living with this virus for very many, many years to come.’
 
nypost.com

Flu and pneumonia kill five times more in UK than COVID-19: reports
By Lee Brown

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Flu and pneumonia are currently killing five times as many people in the UK as the coronavirus — while ongoing lockdowns have caused the worst recession there since records began, according to reports.

In the final week of July, there were 193 reported deaths blamed on coronavirus — compared to 928 people who died of flu or pneumonia in the same period, according to the Times of London.

It was the seventh consecutive week in which flu or pneumonia proved more fatal than COVID-19, the report said, citing figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The difference may actually be even greater, because the data counts anyone who has ever tested positive as a coronavirus death no matter what actually killed them, the UK Times noted.

It also comes at a time when flu deaths are down compared to most years, potentially because of masks and social distancing, the outlet said.

As the death rate continues to fall, so too does the economy — with the UK suffering the deepest recession among the world’s top economies this year, shrinking by a fifth in the second quarter alone.

The 20.4% quarterly drop is the worst since records began in 1955, the ONS said — with fears that unemployment could more than double to 3 million, a depressing figure not seen since the 1980s.

“I’ve said before that hard times were ahead, and today’s figures confirm that hard times are here,” said Treasury chief Rishi Sunak.

“Hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs, and sadly in the coming months many more will.”

Despite the dire data, some still hope that the economy could heal now that many lockdowns are starting to be lifted, especially with the reopening of Britain’s beloved pubs.

“The economy began to bounce back in June with shops reopening, factories beginning to ramp up production and house-building continuing to recover,” statistician Jonathan Athow insisted.

With Post wires
 
I see no end to this madness. Even if gahmen admit fault and allow activities to resume as normsl, many are just to afraid to do so.
Malaysian gahmen allowed extremely sick patients from indonesia onto a special flight to penang for treatment in local private hospitals accompanied by two helpers and the island population and state gahmen protested preferring those patients not to come.and barred further flights.
 
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