They would never hold corporations (with secret deals) accountable for anything.

Excess deaths by week, 2023

https://data-explorer.oecd.org

https://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?queryid=104676

Australia, weeks 1 – 34, 2023

14,710 (16.8%)

Covid deaths, 4,977

Australia, 2022, weeks 1 – 52

29,738 (18.7%)

Australia, excess deaths
2022 + 2023 = 44,448

Austria, week 1 – 44, 2023

4,444 (6.5%)

Canada, weeks 1 – 33, 2023

28,400 (16.7%)

Covid deaths, 4,613

Canada, 2022

61,468 (22.3%)

Canada, excess deaths
2022 + 2023 = 89,868

Denmark, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

3,052 (6.9%)

Covid deaths, 347

Denmark, 2022

5,871 (11%)

Denmark, excess deaths
2022 + 2023 = 8,923

Finland, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

4,627 (10.5%)

France, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

22,268 (4.9%)

Covid deaths, 5,565

France, 2022

71,751 (11.9%)

Germany, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

59,039 (7.7%)

Germany, 2022

134, 578 (14.9%)

Greece, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

5,132 (5.2%)

Iceland, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

209 (11.5%)

Covid deaths, 0

Iceland, 2022

446 (20.2%)

Israel, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

4,303 (11.8%)

Covid deaths, 640

Israel, 2022

7,050 (15.4%)

Italy, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

938 (0.28%)

Netherlands, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

14,209 (11.3%)

Netherlands, 2022

19,326 (13.2%)

New Zealand, weeks, 1 – 44, 2023

3,960 (14.5%)

New Zealand, 2022

5,787 (17.6%)

Norway, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

1,885 (5.7%)

Norway, 2022

4,980 (12.5%)

Portugal, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

5,184 (6.3%)

Spain, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

11,948 (3.7%)

Switzerland, 1 – 44, 2023

2,063 (3.9%)

UK, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

49,389 (9.44%)

Covid deaths, 18,591

UK, 2022

52,514 (9.26%)

UK excess deaths
2022 + 2023 = 101,903

Height of the Blitz, September 1940 to May 1941

UK civilian deaths, 40,000

Total civilian deaths for WW2, 70,000

US, weeks 1 – 37, 2023

155,763 (7.8%)

Covid deaths, 76,187

US, 2022

495,749 (17.53)

US excess deaths
2022 + 2023 = 651,512

Total US deaths in Vietnam war

The U.S. National Archives shows that 58,220 U.S. soldiers perished.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/how-many-americans-were-killed-in-the-vietnam-war.html

Hungary, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

-3,785 (-3.2%)

Poland, weeks 1 – 43, 2023

104 (0.13%)

Slovak republic, weeks 1 – 43, 2023

-774 (-1.54%)

Sweden, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

-529 (0.6%)

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This dataset presents the latest data on All-cause death statistics

Excess mortality and COVID-19 deaths, by week, for all OECD countries for which data are available.

The expected number of deaths is based on the average number of deaths for the same week, (2015-19)

This baseline could be considered a lower estimate of the expected number of deaths since both population growth and an ageing population would be expected to push up the number of deaths observed each year.

For example, New Zealand saw its population grow by around 9% since 2015, with the number of people aged 65 and over increasing by 18%.

“Soften the news”

‘a threatening phone call’

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/08/how-astrazeneca-vaccine-was-shelved/

8th November 2023

In March 2021, The Telegraph was one of the first newspapers to imply a causal link between the jab and blood clots after Norwegian scientists suggested a possible mechanism.

On the day we published the story we received a threatening phone call from a senior official at the MHRA warning that The Telegraph would be banned from future briefings and press notices if we did not soften the news.

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency

From FDA to MHRA: are drug regulators for hire?

https://www.bmj.com/content/377/bmj.o1538

June 2022

Industry money saturates the globe’s leading regulators.

The BMJ found that the majority of regulators’ budget—particularly the portion focused on drugs—is derived from industry fees

Another well-known Cambridge academic got in touch to complain about our “disgraceful fear-mongering headline” on the story, claiming that it would discourage vaccine uptake and cost lives.

We politely pointed out that hiding the facts from people was not helpful and could also cost lives. The academic did not respond.

In February this year, TikTok removed an audio clip in which I discussed whether the benefit of vaccination was worth the risks for young people, claiming it had breached community guidelines.

After we showed that the Government’s own website acknowledges the link, the clip was reinstated.

All of this shows a troubling paternalism in government, academia and some media outlets who believe that the public is not capable of weighing up the pros and cons of medical interventions and so must be shielded from the truth.

Excess mortality in England post Covid-19 pandemic: implications for secondary prevention

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666776223002211?via%3Dihub

Many countries, including the UK, have continued to experience an apparent excess of deaths long after the peaks associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.

Numbers of excess deaths estimated in this period are considerable.

The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) has calculated that there were 7.2% or 44,255 more deaths registered in the UK in 2022

OECD, UK

https://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?queryid=104676

Excess deaths in 2022, 52,514 (9.26%)

This persisted into 2023 with 8.6% or 28,024 more deaths registered in the first six months of the year than expected.

OECD, UK, weeks 1 – 44, 2023

Excess deaths, 49,389 (9.44%)

The causes of these excess deaths are likely to be multiple and could include the direct effects of Covid-19 infection,

acute pressures on NHS acute services resulting in poorer outcomes from episodes of acute illness,

and disruption to chronic disease detection and management.

Further analysis by cause and by age- and sex-group may help quantify the relative contributions of these causes.

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities

3rd June 2022 to 30th June 2023

Excess deaths for all causes were relatively greatest for 50–64 year olds (15% higher than expected)

11% higher for 25–49 and under 25 year olds,

and about 9% higher for over 65s

Several causes

3rd June 2022–30th June 2023

All cardiovascular diseases, 12%

Heart failure, 20%

Ischaemic heart disease, 15

Liver diseases, 19%

Acute respiratory infections, 14%

Diabetes, 13%

For middle-aged adults (50–64)

Cardiovascular diseases, 33% higher than expected

Ischaemic heart disease, 44%

Cerebrovascular disease, 40%

Heart failure 39% higher

Deaths involving acute respiratory infections, 43% higher

Diabetes, deaths were 35% higher

The pattern now is one of persisting excess deaths which are most prominent in relative terms in middle-aged and younger adults

Timely and granular analyses are needed to describe such trends and so to inform prevention and disease management efforts.

JP-S is Partner at Lane Clark & Peacock LLP, Chair of the Royal Society for Public Health and reports personal fees from Novo Nordisk and Pfizer Ltd outside of this submitted work.

N the months of December-January/February there are typically many deaths due to the low temperatures, but it is all relative in the northern hemisphere (climate and general population age/health as factors, comparing year to year by the week).

Today’s new data from ONS adds Week 49 to the record, showing 11,318 deaths in England and Wales this year compared to 10,585 in 2014-2019 on average. In 2019 COVID-19 was already here, resulting in 10,816 deaths. So the true pre-COVID-19 figure would be 2014-2018 or about 10,450 – i.e. almost 1,000 more deaths than this year’s Week 49.

More of the same. No recovery seen. The population here did not grow 10% since the pandemic started.

aving just repeatedly refreshed this page in pursuit of the latest numbers (usually due 9:30AM every Tuesday), I can finally see that in Week 48 the number of recorded deaths in England and Wales is 11,385.

Before COVID-19 (2014-2019 average) it was 10,164.

That’s an increase of 1221 (actual people!) or 12.01%.

In November (the end of the month) COVID-19 had already begun spreading worldwide, so the number of deaths in 2019 was 10,958. This means that an increase of a lot more than 12% can be measured by leaving out 2019.

‘ve checked the latest numbers released today (12 December 2023) by ONS, which almost every week publishes “[p]rovisional counts of the number of deaths registered in England and Wales, by age, sex and region, in the latest weeks for which data are available. Includes the most up-to-date figures available for deaths involving coronavirus (COVID-19).”

Before COVID-19 the mortality level for the country was a lot lower. With new numbers due soon (mortality), let’s consider what it looked like in 2014-2019, January until October (when COVID-19 is said to have broken out in China).

From January 4th until October 4th: 405,046 deaths across England and Wales.

This year, as per the latest figures from ONS, January 6th until October 6th: 449,555 deaths across England and Wales.

That’s almost 50,000 more deaths, with 2 more months left in the year.

One can imagine the surplus by year’s end will be around 55,000.

These are not mere statistics. They represent actual lives lost and devastated relatives.

I just want to thank the NHS for still persisting, despite the government’s attack on this invaluable public service (an attack whose goal to push privatised replacements).

Description and links:

Clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in Beijing and North China

What’s behind China’s mysterious wave of childhood pneumonia?

China, surge in respiratory illnesses, including pneumonia, in children.

International society for infectious diseases

https://promedmail.org

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/china-disease-latest-who-covid-infection-children/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12779783/child-pneumonia-outbreak-china-hospitals.html

Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases

(International Society for Infectious Diseases)

Clusters of “undiagnosed pneumonia”

We expected a surge in respiratory disease this time of year, but what is happening in China is unusual.

? more than rebound

? community immune debt

Hospitals in Beijing and 500 miles northeast in Liaoning are 'overwhelmed with sick children' with unusual symptoms that include

Radio Free Asia reported

said that more than 3,500 cases of 'respiratory infection' had been admitted to the Beijing Children's Hospital at the start of October,.

1000 new cases per day

https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/223609-overview

China has now included Mycoplasma pneumoniae as well as other known respiratory pathogens, like influenza, covid and RSV

Local reports

inflammation in the lungs

a high fever but no cough

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

It is among the most common causes of community-acquired pneumonia in school age children.

Generalized aches and pains
Fever usually ? 102°F, (38.9’C)
Cough – Usually nonproductive
Sore throat (nonexudative pharyngitis)
Headache/myalgias
Chills but not rigors
Nasal congestion with coryza
Earache
General malaise

Pneumonia develops in only 5-10% of persons who are infected.

The Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/28/health/china-respiratory-illness-surge-wellness/index.html

https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/11/28/chinese-hospitals-pandemic-outbreak-pneumonia/

The World Health Organization

Upsurge of respiratory illnesses among children-Northern China

23rd November

https://www.who.int/emergencies/disease-outbreak-news/item/2023-DON494

The WHO requested information
Using International health regulations

Laboratory results and data

Recent trends in the spread of respiratory illnesses,

from China’s health authorities last week.

WHO said China’s health authorities have said rise in hospitalizations since October to known pathogens,

such as adenoviruses, influenza virus, and RSV,

(which tends to cause only mild, cold-like symptoms)

Common winter infections — as opposed to any new pathogens — are behind the spike in hospitalizations.

https://themessenger.com/health/china-respiratory-illness-outbreak-mysterious-beijing-covid-2023

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nearly-2-million-excess-deaths-followed-chinas-sudden-end-covid-curbs-study-2023-08-25/

Nature news explainer, 27th November

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03732-w

China’s first without COVID-19 restrictions since the pandemic began in 2020.

Mycoplasma pneumonia and RSV are known to affect children more than adults.

No changes in the disease presentation were reported by the Chinese health authorities.

Chinese authorities advised that, since mid-October, enhanced outpatient and inpatient surveillance has been implemented for respiratory illnesses

What is unusual, say epidemiologists, is the high prevalence of pneumonia in China.

UK, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) mostly drove spikes in illness.

November 2022, more hospitalized influenza in US

Main cause of pneumonia

Mycoplasma pneumoniae,

bacterium that infects the lungs.

Normally causes a milder ‘walking pneumonia’,

doesn’t require bed rest or hospitalization.

Medscape

Slow spread throughout households is common, with a mean incubation period of 20-23 days. Disease tends to not be seasonal, except for a slight increase in late summer and early fall.

However

Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections have very been common.

Teachers getting ill

Bacterial pneumonia is often secondary to viral infections,

Opportunistic infection

Studies show that resistance rates of Mycoplasma pneumoniae to macrolides in Beijing are between 70% and 90%

Erythromycin, clarithromycin, azithromycin,

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/aac.02060-12

(data up to 2012)

levofloxacin as a secondary choice

Working hypotheses

No evidence of a novel virus or bacterium

Probably dangerous mycoplasma antibiotic resistance

Possible bacterial infection after novel virus, but less likely

New pandemic not immanent due to slow household transmission

Slow spread of multiple antibiotic resistance spread of mycoplasmic pneumonia

Need to optimise immune function, nutrition, vitamin D, sleep, exercise, appropriate antigenic challenge and hygiene hypothesis

Upgrade innate immunity as per Professor Angus Dalgleish and Professor Robert Clancy

N the morning, just a few minutes ago (maybe 1 minute, I kept refreshing the page!), ONS published new numbers to indicate the number of deaths (total mortality) in the UK or just in England and Wales, provisionally.

Deaths registered weekly in England and Wales, week 47 in 2023: 11,385

The same in 2014-2019: 10,124 (in late 2019 the virus COVID-19 had already entered the UK)

That’s an increase of 12.5%.