As 2022 ends, the yearly death totals are rolled out by various media outlets as a source of concern.
The Times reports 1,000 excess deaths each week as the NHS buckles, with 656,735 UK deaths in the last year. Using the pre covid 5-year average, they note, ‘Fifty thousand more people died last year than normal.’
The BBC reported that 9 per cent more peo…
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