"The figures include 6,000 people who did not attend A&E at the height of lockdown because of fears they might catch the virus and the feeling they should remai

"The figures include 6,000 people who did not attend A&E at the height of lockdown because of fears they might catch the virus and the feeling they should remain at home because of the "Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives" message." This seems like two distinctly separate categories to me - if someone didn't go to the hospital because they feared the virus and later died, that person's death was completely unrelated to the lockdown (and if anything, a stronger lockdown could have saved some of those lives by ending the risk that drove them to stay home). If they didn't go to the hospital because of the advice to stay home rather than their own caution, I think that's a reasonable death to include in the numbers.