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Without Masks and Social Distancing COVID-19 Puts About 8 Times As Many People in British Hospitals

Latest available figures, released about an hour ago:

2022. Patients in hospital across the UK with COVID-19 (no lock-downs, but no restrictions on distance and exposure):

11-09-2022 5,875
10-09-2022 5,848
09-09-2022 6,020
08-09-2022 6,146
07-09-2022 6,212
06-09-2022 6,400
05-09-2022 6,515
04-09-2022 6,523
03-09-2022 6,484
02-09-2022 6,664
01-09-2022 6,915

Many of the above won’t make it until the Queen’s funeral.

2020. Patients in hospital across the UK with COVID-19 (no lock-downs, but masks worn and distance kept):

12-09-2020 814
11-09-2020 772
10-09-2020 946
09-09-2020 926
08-09-2020 896
07-09-2020 904
06-09-2020 819
05-09-2020 814
04-09-2020 820
03-09-2020 819
02-09-2020 805
01-09-2020 863

Remember: Surviving is one option; leaving the hospitals isn’t the end of it. You’re left scarred for life. After a while, if or when you die, they won’t even count you as a COVID-19 casualty.

Is the ‘convenience’ of ignoring the death toll worth the sacrifice?

It’s possible that the current monarchy ended earlier partly because of COVID-19 (both the husband and the wife).

Queen/monarchy and COVID-19

Maybe she could exceed 80 years in the throne had she not been infected.

COVID-19 Vaccination in the United Kingdom Stalled (Even Young People Almost Stopped Taking It)

Here are things in perspective (England; new AstraZeneca customers)

COVID-19 first shot

Recent months (England); there are now well under 1,000 new adopters per day (those are mostly kids):

COVID-19 summer first shot

Distribution by age (notice it barely changes anymore):

COVID-19 by age

NHS Once Again Admits That the Number of Deaths It Gave Was Wrong (More People Had Died Than It Disclosed)

It keeps happening (sometimes thousands of ‘missing’ deaths, sometimes less)

Today, after eight days of silence, the portal coronavirus.data.gov.uk was updated. It’s the worst COVID-19 summer so far (in terms of deaths, hospital admissions etc.), but apparently keeping us updated every day isn’t seen as justified by Liz TruSSmp and her party.

Here’s a prominent new notice (top of pages):

September 2022

Log category: data issue

Deaths figures for England include backlog

There is a catch up in reporting of deaths by NHS England following the August bank holiday. Deaths figures by report date on 8 September 2022 include some deaths that would ordinarily have been reported on 31 August 2022.

Deaths by death date are backdated.

Screenshot (as this page will be deleted/wiped in the future):

Deaths figures for England include backlog

And then there’s also this:

8 September 2022

Log category:change to metric

Small number of additional deaths added in England

Due to improvements in processing methods, a small number of past deaths have been reallocated to fall within the 28 day interval for defining a death within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test. This has resulted in the addition of 150 deaths between March 2020 and August 2022.
Additional details

Process improvements in identifying which specimen date is used to calculate time between a positive test and a death, a small number of past deaths have been reallocated to fall within the 28 day definition and a small number have been allocated to fall outside of the 28 day interval. This has resulted in a net change of adding 150 deaths between March 2020 and August 2022.

Screenshot (as this page will be deleted/wiped in the future):

Small number of additional deaths added in England

Well, it’s hardly the first time this happens. I’ve lost count of how many times they retroactively added deaths to past days, after graphs had already been rendered based on the smaller figures. Can’t they get the basics right? Like counting death certificates? These are people’s lives!

This Summer’s COVID-19 Hospital Admissions Almost Ten Times Worse (or Higher) Than 2 Summers Ago

Even judging by August, which wasn’t as bad as prior summer months

2022 (latest information to date, UK-wide)

(Date, number of COVID-19 hospital admissions)
25-08-2022 721
24-08-2022 713
23-08-2022 781
22-08-2022 739
21-08-2022 667
20-08-2022 640
19-08-2022 728
18-08-2022 770
17-08-2022 866
16-08-2022 909
15-08-2022 972
14-08-2022 838
13-08-2022 840
12-08-2022 867
11-08-2022 1,011
10-08-2022 1,122
09-08-2022 1,088
08-08-2022 1,081
07-08-2022 985
06-08-2022 850
05-08-2022 1,031
04-08-2022 1,130
03-08-2022 1,189
02-08-2022 1,206
01-08-2022 1,263

2020 (no lockdowns, just masks and some distance; gyms and pubs open)

(Date, number of COVID-19 hospital admissions)
24-08-2020 91
23-08-2020 74
22-08-2020 73
21-08-2020 109
20-08-2020 98
19-08-2020 113
18-08-2020 128
17-08-2020 95
16-08-2020 80
15-08-2020 99
14-08-2020 100
13-08-2020 129
12-08-2020 101
11-08-2020 114
10-08-2020 86
09-08-2020 106
08-08-2020 140
07-08-2020 117
06-08-2020 100
05-08-2020 138
04-08-2020 125
03-08-2020 110
02-08-2020 93
01-08-2020 128

Source: coronavirus.data.gov.uk

Update just published in the site this week:

Updates will move to Thursdays from 1 September 2022

From 1 September 2022, the COVID-19 Dashboard will move to reporting on Thursdays instead of Wednesdays. The last Wednesday update of the Dashboard was therefore on 31 August 2022. Updates will be published every Thursday at 4pm commencing on 8 September 2022.

Daily data up to the most recent available will continue to be added in each weekly update.

This will align the COVID-19 dashboard reporting with NHS England reporting of hospital statistics and with reporting on cases and deaths in Wales.

For more information, read the NHS England release.

For long-term preservation purposes, a screenshot:

Updates will move to Thursdays from 1 September 2022

Updates will move to Thursdays from 1 September 2022

The graphs in the “dashboard” compare week to week (rolling/sliding) rather than equivalent times of the year across years. That’s misleading and the media likes to do the same.

UK’s Coronavirus Deaths in August Almost 4 Times Higher Than Same Time 2 Years Ago (First Summer of COVID-19)

Today’s numbers (tally) are incomplete, but the latest data is from the 19th and it counts 205,600 deaths:

[Date followed by number of deaths]
19-08-2022 25
18-08-2022 31
17-08-2022 38
16-08-2022 50
15-08-2022 69
14-08-2022 74
13-08-2022 78
12-08-2022 88
11-08-2022 85
10-08-2022 66
09-08-2022 83
08-08-2022 88
07-08-2022 93
06-08-2022 62
05-08-2022 79
04-08-2022 77
03-08-2022 99
02-08-2022 97
01-08-2022 90

Total deaths: 1,282

Same days two years ago:

[Date followed by number of deaths]
19-08-2020 13
18-08-2020 15
17-08-2020 21
16-08-2020 15
15-08-2020 23
14-08-2020 18
13-08-2020 23
12-08-2020 24
11-08-2020 20
10-08-2020 25
09-08-2020 19
08-08-2020 22
07-08-2020 24
06-08-2020 21
05-08-2020 13
04-08-2020 27
03-08-2020 23
02-08-2020 17
01-08-2020 20

Total deaths: 363

‘My Dog Ate My Death Certificates’ (UK COVID-19-Linked Deaths at Almost 205,000 Based on Such Certificates)

Published 18 minutes ago:

covid-weekly-deaths

This data is almost two weeks out of date. So add another 1,000 deaths (or thereabouts). They also miss some deaths:

Deaths figures for England incomplete

Due to the bank holiday NHS England have not updated their deaths data. This means that the number of reported COVID-19 deaths in England is lower than expected on 31 August 2022. Any delay in reporting is expected to catch up next week.

Deaths figures for England incomplete

Plus:

Delay to update of weekly deaths with COVID-19 on the death certificate

Because of a technical issue, weekly registered deaths with COVID-19 on the death certificate have not been updated.

Figures will be added in a future release.

Delay to update of weekly deaths with COVID-19 on the death certificate

One day these pages will be gone, hence the screenshots.

Excess Deaths in the UK This Summer Worst in Years

COVID-19 is already linked to about 205,000 deaths. That’s about 3 times less than an annual total (all causes considered, including old age):

Excess deaths in UK

3 summers compared:

Excess deaths in UK:  excess

And notice when our government ceased to issue the weekly reports on excess mortality:

July 7 mortality report

Did we defeat the virus? No. We stopped talking about it because the government told us to.

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