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The causes of the excess deaths

The causes of the excess deaths

How the BBC jumped to conclusions.

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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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