And of course some media still wants us to pretend it’s all (mostly) over and we need to get “back to business” for “the economy!”

Now it’s the weekend again. Almost 300 more COVID-19 deaths isn’t an improvement, but notice how BBC editors started shifting attention to another country/continent. The last thing BBC wishes to admit is the failure and the need to remask (or work from home, initiate lock-downs etc.) because “the economy” is more important than 20,000+ Brits.

Another day has passed, and yet another (almost) 100,000 Brits have been confirmed — with actual tests — as COVID-19 positive (the complete number is a lot higher). Many were hospitalised. Right now the BBC starts issuing headlines with questions in them… not statements of fact. That’s another sign of weakness, resembling COVID denial regarding deaths, belittling the lives of so many people.

What the media says:

What the official data (NHS) says (deaths per day):

Notice the effect of so-called ‘freedom’ day (mid-July)

You can’t make this stuff up!! Right next to it: “Holiday bookings jump as Covid travel tests axed” (so it’s business as usual?)

As a side note, today I learned that my nephew had tested positive. He’s first in my family that I know of.

This past week (deaths registered by date):

25-01-2022: 439
24-01-2022: 56
23-01-2022: 75
22-01-2022: 297
21-01-2022: 288
20-01-2022: 330
19-01-2022: 359
18-01-2022: 438

For perspective, here’s what 20,000 people look like in a stadium:

Example of Turf Moor (shown above; Capacity: 21,944) or Vale Park (Capacity: 20,552); see more here or here.

s long as actual facts still matter, I won’t hesitate to explain them out of fear (from Twitter). The media here in the UK has become a prominent source of misinformation and distraction, so let’s instead focus on the actual facts.

According to official NHS figures, “deaths with COVID-19 on the death certificate” are now at 175,256 and the Tories’ new “Plan B” is basically just insisting that coronavirus is no longer a big deal. We’re meant to just ignore those 676,081 Brits who got hospitalised with it, mostly because Tories lost control of it with their publicity stunts (like so-called “freedom day”). Next week it’ll officially be 1% of the British population hospitalised with coronavirus (a quarter of them did not survive). Here’s a reminder that this week is the deadliest in 11 months (worst since February 2021):

The excess mortality report, which was released yesterday (I’ve just made a local copy for the sake of long-term preservation), says that “[i]n week 1 2022, an estimated 12,262 all-cause deaths were registered in England and Wales (source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)). This is an increase compared to the 8,477 deaths registered in week 52 2021.”

Excess mortality was detected earlier this month. Pretending this is all normal — as if deaths don’t count and we should go clubbing — when there are 20,000 COVID-19 patients in hospitals (the number more than doubled over the Christmas period) is worse than neglectful. it’s worse than disrespectful too and Tories do this only for (big) “business reasons”…