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As far as I know here in the UK we never went above 60%, and yet still had lots of deaths, so how is this a key metric?
by mattmanser 6y ago
As far as I know here in the UK we never went above 60%, and yet still had lots of deaths, so how is this a key metric?
- Arnt 6y agoThere are others factors... obesity has been mentioned many times and might be part of the answer to your question, so I looked at the Wikipedia link posted and see that Switzerland has Europe's lowest obesity rate. The UK, OTOH: "Obesity in the United Kingdom is a significant contemporary health concern, with authorities stating that it is one of the leading preventable causes of death."
- ben_w 6y agoThe various NHS Nightingale hospitals have a distinctly Potempkin feeling to them, given how few patients went into the London one before it was dismantled. I doubt the value of statistics distributed by the UK government.