O/T:- ⚠️Impressed with the leadership [The UK Party Politics Thread]

[drillerpie]

UK Dr John Campbell, pro vaccine and pro safety measures, discussing the recent freedom of information revelation......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UHvwWWcjYw

Basically the total UK deaths solely due to Covid 2019-to 3Q 2021 (not with or with other major health issues).
17,500

He's clearly very surprised how low that figure actually is.

Just under 30,000 died of Influenza-Pneumonia in the UK in 2018 and 26,000 in 2019.

I'm just very glad to be living in England and not a whole bunch of countries still suffering this mass derangement right now, but obviously concerned what might be coming next, not least inflation levels.

I like the guy in the video. He seems very reasonable and avoids hyperbole.

The statistic in question is clearly very interesting. I think we all already knew the general gist of what it illustrates (Covid is most dangerous for older people with pre-existing medical conditions) but to see it spelled out like that will rightly raise questions.

A few points I would like to make:

I don't know if the comparisons with previous flu seasons are accurate, as they too may contain deaths from flu+pre-existing conditions. It's also possible they don't, but it would be good to know before engaging in comparisons.

It would also be good to see the same stats (age/pre-existing medical conditions) for people who were hospitalised and hospitalised in intensive care, as I think this is a key point. I remember bringing this up in my debate with Jackal at the very start of the pandemic. Leaving aside the whole issue of media sensationalism, which I actually agree with, from a government's point of view, they have to evacuate the impact on hospitals, which then impacts on society in general, if there is no functioning emergency healthcare system.

In any case I am still quite sympathetic to the dilemma governments found themselves in, especially at the beginning of the pandemic when there were a lot of unknowns, but this statistic does raise some important questions and deserves more coverage than it is getting IMO.

[upthemaggies]

I like the guy in the video. He seems very reasonable and avoids hyperbole.

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Yes, I watched him on a daily basis at the start of the pandemic. He was very concerned for Africa and expected it to be worse there than anywhere, once it took hold, but for some reason it's been the least affected continent of all as far as we can tell. Well, except for Antarctica perhaps.

Over on my side of the fence, it's interesting to see now how around half of the UK sceptics are celebrating that it's finally over and the other half are bracing themselves for phase 2, with some expecting this to be a shift away from the pandemic to climate change measures - power cuts and shortages and others believing it's going to be a war of some sort.

[macstop]

Yes, I watched him on a daily basis at the start of the pandemic. He was very concerned for Africa and expected it to be worse there than anywhere, once it took hold, but for some reason it's been the least affected continent of all as far as we can tell. Well, except for Antarctica perhaps.

Over on my side of the fence, it's interesting to see now how around half of the UK sceptics are celebrating that it's finally over and the other half are bracing themselves for phase 2, with some expecting this to be a shift away from the pandemic to climate change measures - power cuts and shortages and others believing it's going to be a war of some sort.

If you look at Doctor Johns last video, top comment is mine asking John to take a look at the ONS report, don't know if he took my advice or found it for himself, anyway what great video he put together and i loved the section at the end with regards to cancer deaths.