> As of today, there have been 23,953 deaths in England. No. 1) The actual number is 34,796 https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

> As of today, there have been 23,953 deaths in England. No. 1) The actual number is 34,796 https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ 2) That only includes people who were tested positive for covid-19. That's only tests carried out by government labs, not private tests. We've only just started to include deaths that happened outside hospital. > Why weren't the Nightingale Hospitals (field hospitals) needed? Because we didn't transfer elderly people from care and nursing homes to hospital. We left them to die in those homes. Because we cancelled elective procedures, we converted operating theatres to ICUs, we changed nurse:patient ratios, to create surge demand. Because we didn't have enough ICU nurses to staff Nightingale:London. Of those, exactly 33(!) involve someone <= age 40 without a co-morbidity. Across all ages, 95%(!) of deaths are people with a co-morbidity, typically diabetes (26%). Why does this disease attack so many diabetic people? What should we do to best treat or prevent it in that population? [1]