As I read it not necessarily solely the coronavirus. But clearly it

its accelerating the deaths of vulnerable/unwell people and there are some cases where people did not have pre-existing health conditions.

I suppose they will say they are "coronavirus related" deaths in a similar way that they do with flu related deaths.

Posted By: Jim on March 26th 2020 at 11:03:28

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Apologies for those not interested but despite my pessimism further cause for "cautious" (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 26, 10:32:16
- Sorry, I was looking for the thread on clippers and arrived here by mistake (n/m) (Coronavirus) - maidstoneyellow, Mar 26, 12:25:36
  - Lolf (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Jumbo1, Mar 26, 13:57:13
- Yep, always nice to read some positive stuff at the moment. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Men without hats, Mar 26, 11:38:46
- Are the people who’ve died, died of Coronavirus or died whilst having Coronavirus? (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Trent_Canary, Mar 26, 10:54:16
  - I think someone released the stat that half of UK victims would've died this year anyway (Coronavirus) - CWC, Mar 26, 11:54:33
  - The phrase they use us "who tested positive for coronavirus have sadly died" (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 26, 10:57:32
    - So it's not necessarily the Coronavirus that killed them then. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Trent_Canary, Mar 26, 11:00:40
      - As I read it not necessarily solely the coronavirus. But clearly it (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 26, 11:03:28
        
        Yep, if someone had terminal cancer with three weeks to live (Coronavirus) - duke of york, Mar 26, 11:36:56
        
        cancer is rarely the primary reason on a death cert (Coronavirus) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 26, 12:17:48
        
        ffs (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Mar 26, 12:34:19
        
        problem (n/m) (Coronavirus) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 26, 13:11:19
        
        cheery (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Tombs, Mar 26, 12:06:25
        
        soz (n/m) (Coronavirus) - duke of york, Mar 26, 12:09:21
        
        It's different in different countries too (Coronavirus) - paulg, Mar 26, 11:34:17
      - And would have died anyway or in the near future. (Coronavirus) - Trent_Canary, Mar 26, 11:01:38
- I'm interested, keep em coming! (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Azteca, Mar 26, 10:52:57
- Cheers Jim, nice summary there (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Yellalee, Mar 26, 10:49:40
- Difficult to know yet, and if trend continues for a few days then that will be positive (Coronavirus) - earlydoors, Mar 26, 10:47:53
- was just getting to the end of your post literally as the tweet below (Coronavirus) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 26, 10:41:28
  - Yes - looks like they are moving to shift the 24 hour priod back from 1pm for deaths (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 26, 10:50:04
    - or deflated if they publish a figure to this morning and then revert to 24 hour periods (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 26, 10:50:46
      - this bit "Aim is to give more time to collate NHS data and inform families before ages and (Coronavirus) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 26, 11:13:19
        
        Yes. Its emotional peaks a troughs. We had a cr*p day on the home schooling on (Coronavirus) - Jim, Mar 26, 11:33:06

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