4+ Years After COVID-19 Started England and Wales Mortality Up From 9,674 (5-Year Average) to 10,445 in Week 43 This Year
‘VE just checked this morning’s new batch of data from ons.gov.uk. Open the latest file in this page, then compare to 2019, which they make difficult to find.
We’re talking about 7% or so more deaths. It’s also this bad (or worse) in other rich countries and Finland’s government (health authority) reports that about 20% of hospital patients are there for COVID-19.
What have we solved really?