Covid Fact Check

For anyone alarmed at today’s very high official UK death figure of 534 (versus 346 last Wednesday), please bear in mind this is a correction for yesterday’s artificially low number of 219 (versus 439 the previous Tuesday).

The seven-day average (258) is slowly falling overall.

Posted By: Trent_Canary on February 2nd 2022 at 16:12:46

Message Thread

Just the 534 covid deaths reported today (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Feb 2, 16:06:58
- Try separating 'with covid' and 'from covid'... (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Timmy_Goat, Feb 2, 21:19:19
  - 73% ‘from’ in the latest data (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 21:29:20
    - ONS (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 22:18:29
    - There are circa 600 patients on ventilation in the uk (Coronavirus) - Timmy_Goat, Feb 2, 21:49:45
      - But who is saying circa 600? (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 22:21:04
        
        But yeah I need to ‘get a grip’ 🙈 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 22:22:58
- Watch Dr John Campbell. 350 deaths per day from the flu and we don't go in lockdown (Coronavirus) - LeftSide, Feb 2, 18:16:12
  - Around 300 deaths per day from covid at the peak this year (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 19:54:55
  - Haha yeah let’s listen to that cunt lol (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 19:35:45
    - Crank,cunt.Jesus you get worse mate.nudge nudge. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 2, 19:38:57
      - He’s a fucking senile cunt (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 19:49:59
        
        Fuckin hell get a grip (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Timmy_Goat, Feb 2, 21:51:05
        
        I thought I was fairly calm (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 22:22:07
        
        BTW,if you keep abusing people like this don't fucking cry (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 2, 19:54:58
        
        Oh no you really called me out lol (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 19:57:32
        
        Well when you grow some balls and want to say that to my face you (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 2, 20:19:46
        
        I’ll make sure I PM you 👍 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 20:22:17
        
        Oh... (Coronavirus) - usacanary, Feb 2, 22:13:03
        
        It's been described like that by gullible naive pricks like yourself who (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 2, 19:52:53
        
        Haha you’re a fan lol (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 19:55:45
  - No, listen to More or Less I posted below where they expain why his numbers are misleading (n/m) (Coronavirus) - watfordcanary, Feb 2, 18:52:24
    - He's already addressed it,the Bbc's integrity is comprised. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Feb 2, 19:08:43
  - I'm fine thanks (n/m) (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Feb 2, 18:20:31
- Highly recommend the last two editions of More or Less (Coronavirus) - watfordcanary, Feb 2, 17:18:41
  - 👏😊 (Coronavirus) - Bravo win or die, Feb 2, 17:46:51
    - Right at the start a bunch of people (Coronavirus) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 2, 17:50:33
      - This is the story that should be remembered 💪 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Bravo win or die, Feb 2, 17:58:29
- Covid Fact Check (Coronavirus) - Trent_Canary, Feb 2, 16:12:46
  - It did seem high. 258 average is still high though (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Feb 2, 16:22:01
    - deaths currently below the 5 year average for this time of year (Coronavirus) - paulg, Feb 2, 16:43:54
      - Still over 70% (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 16:57:01
        
        And the age standardised mortality rate is actually higher than 2019 (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 16:59:56
        
        what about other years? (Coronavirus) - paulg, Feb 2, 17:19:26
        
        It'll be good to get an omicron specific booster (Coronavirus) - Cardiff Canary, Feb 2, 17:46:33
        
        Yeah if we can’t live with it with a great vaccine (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 17:38:07
      - Masks should be compulsory. Period (Coronavirus) - MonkeyPuzzle, Feb 2, 16:52:57
      - So we're no longer in the excess death sit-you-ay-shun then (Coronavirus) - jamesward, Feb 2, 16:47:39
  - WW2 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 16:14:28
    - I'm glad you agree that posting a little context to these numbers helps. (n/m) (Coronavirus) - Trent_Canary, Feb 2, 16:15:41
- Things are improving though (Coronavirus) - SCC 28, Feb 2, 16:12:36
- 😢 (n/m) (Coronavirus) - loz, Feb 2, 16:08:44

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