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Revisiting Excess Deaths
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Revisiting Excess Deaths

Understanding the determinants of deaths might just prevent some avoidable deaths.
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In this podcast, Tom and Carl look at the recent Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) document called "Trends in Excess Deaths and Covid-19 Vaccines" and discuss the philosophical issues driving the lack of interest in excess deaths.

The problem with our current approach to data, the problems with retrospective data analyses and the need for an inquiry that asks questions about excess deaths.

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[Correction] The UK government briefing paper "Trends in Excess Deaths and Covid-19 Vaccines."

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November 8, 2023
[Correction] The UK government briefing paper "Trends in Excess Deaths and Covid-19 Vaccines."

[This article posted on the 7 Nov has been corrected thanks to comments by Peter Cahusac - the numbers in the table have been updated]. On 25 August, the ONS published on Deaths involving COVID-19 by vaccination status, England: deaths occurring between 1 April 2021 and 31 May 2023 and an Excel

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