Covid is not over

[howoldboy]

On 21 February when the Government lifted all remaining Covid restrictions, the 7 day average of UK hospital admissions was 1,147.

4 weeks later (21 March) the 7 day average had increased to 2,054. An impressive increase of 79%.

Not content to rest on their laurels after filling hospital beds quicker than any other country in the G7, the Government has a new plan to ensure the number of Covid cases reduces quicker in the UK than anywhere else in Europe.

Sajid Javid is confident that by stopping the supply of free testing kits, less people will take tests and consequently the number of recorded cases will reduce significantly.

This plan could be another global leader for the Government.

[howoldboy]

On 21 February when the Government lifted all remaining Covid restrictions, the 7 day average of UK hospital admissions was 1,147.

5 weeks later (last figures 28 March) and the 7 day average has increased to 2,314. An impressive increase of 102%.

Yes they have doubled the number of hospital admissions in only 5 weeks.

Not only this but the number of deaths have increased in the same period from a 7 day average of 112 to a 7 day average of 159.

The increase in deaths of 42% may, at face value, seem low when compared to the number of hospital admisssions, but these things take time.

Give the Government the credit they deserve.

World beating ineptitude.

[howoldboy]

Note on UK Government Website today regarding number of Covid related deaths.

"Log date: 6 April 2022
Log category: DATA ISSUE

Deaths figures for England

Due to a processing error, a number of people who died within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test in 2022 were not reported in a timely manner. 2,714 deaths within 28 days of a positive test were added retrospectively on 6 April 2022.

The backlog of deaths has been added to the cumulative total for England and the UK. Newly-reported deaths for England and the UK on 6 April 2022 represent the numbers that would have been reported without the extra retrospective deaths."

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/whats-new

How is it possible to monitor success or otherwise of the Government's Covid policy if they can't even provide reliable information on deaths?

Should we quietly forget the retrospective deaths and pretend every thing is going well?

I'm sure that is what Javid and Johnson would like.

[_Stefan_Kuntz]

The UK remains 195th of 225 countries in terms of coping with Covid. That is based upon the number of Covid deaths per million of population. 194 countries have had a lower number of Covid deaths per million of population than the UK has had.

Yet our ears are constantly assaulted with "This Prime Minister / government have done well getting the vaccines".

Regardless of the colour of government in the last 30 years and membership / non membership of the EU the UK has been and is the 5th strongest economy in the world. Yet the UK is 195th in the Covid League and this is not featuring in the various media. These utterly shameful excessive deaths are sufficient reason to dispose of this Prime Minister and this government.

[howoldboy]

On 21 February, due to backbench pressure, the Government decided to lift all remaining Covid restrictions.

At that time the 7 day average of deaths due to Covid was 112.

6 weeks later (7 days to 8 April) the equivalent number of deaths has almost doubled.

In the last 7 days there have been 1,475 deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test.

This equates to a 7 day average of 211.

This is on top of the 2,714 deaths wìhich were omitted from the Government website "Due to a processing error" and were added retrospectively on 6 April.

The gate at the recent Rochdale v Carlisle match was 2,160.

This may help to put the number of deaths into perspective.

The equivalent of the crowd at Rochdale that night (plus an additional 554) were omitted due to "a processing error"

In addition, in the last 7 days the equivalent of virtually all the Rochdale fans at that match (1,659) have been killed by the virus.

This virus hasn't gone away and it seems clear that the Government couldn't give a damn about the elderly and vulnerable.


https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/deaths

[howoldboy]

National press beginning to grasp the truth?

"Ministers should reconsider England’s “living with Covid” plans, health leaders have said, while accusing the government of ignoring the ongoing threat for ideological reasons.

The NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, has accused No 10 of having “abandoned any interest” in the pandemic, despite a new Omicron surge putting pressure on an already overstretched NHS.

“The brutal reality for staff and patients is that this Easter in the NHS is as bad as any winter,” said Matthew Taylor, the chief executive of the NHS Confederation.

We do not have a living-with-Covid plan, we have a living-without-restrictions ideology.

“But instead of the understanding and support NHS staff received during 2020 and 2021, we have a government that seems to want to wash its hands of responsibility for what is occurring in plain sight in local services up and down the country. No 10 has seemingly abandoned any interest in Covid whatsoever.

“NHS leaders and their teams feel abandoned by the government and they deserve better.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ns-nhs-leaders

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...or-mixing.html