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What is missing from this is any questioning about why social distancing is necessary to be ‘safe’ from a virus killing 30-50 times fewer ppl than other respiratory infections.With economic damage as grt as this, their continuation cannot be proportionate. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/09/03/can-government-get-britain-fully-back-work-would-break-rules/
Sources: Last week in July (last for which I can find figures) there were 928 deaths from flu, pneumonia and other respiratory infections: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/flu-kills-five-times-more-than-covid-9wlzsdlh9. That was a low number and can be presumed typical.
In the week ending 3rd September, there were only 20 deaths in hospitals of patients *with* SARS-CoV-2 - a number which has declined relentlessly:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-daily-deaths/
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-daily-deaths/
Even if one takes the ONS figures, which include anyone dying from any cause within 28 days of a positive test for SARS-CoV-2, that is only 138 in the last week, around 7 times less than other respiratory infections in the last week of July: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19roundup/2020-03-26
https://twitter.com/markready47/status/1301590196601778176?s=21 https://twitter.com/markready47/status/1301590196601778176
And, as @SikhsForTruth says, all the below is in the public domain. Judge for yourself whether any of this has impacted upon UK government policy.
https://twitter.com/sikhsfortruth/status/1301571541885480961?s=21 https://twitter.com/sikhsfortruth/status/1301571541885480961
https://twitter.com/sikhsfortruth/status/1301571541885480961?s=21 https://twitter.com/sikhsfortruth/status/1301571541885480961
