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>It is a baseless claim that public health is systematically ignored in favor of pushing the pandemic’s reproduction number down. It's not baseless when there
by logicchains 6y ago
>It is a baseless claim that public health is systematically ignored in favor of pushing the pandemic’s reproduction number down.
It's not baseless when there have been multiple studies now showing lockdowns don't help, and even the WHO now recommends against them, yet authorities still push for them.
- pjc50 6y agoCan you point me at the WHO advice and how they're defining "lockdown"? And what the correct answer is? Because England is currently running at over 1600 COVID deaths a day, or half a 9/11, and we desperately need something that does help.
- jdsully 6y agoWhere are you getting this number? NHS published data is less than half this number.
- pjc50 6y agohttps://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uk-reports-record-covid-death-toll-for-second-day-running/ar-BB1cVB8p https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uk-reports-record-covi... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/20/uk-reports-1820-covid-deaths-in-record-daily-high https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/20/uk-reports-182... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55738174 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55738174 https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ Where are you getting your data from?
- jdsully 6y agoStraight from the source: https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-daily-deaths/ https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas...
- pjc50 6y ago> deaths of patients who have died in hospitals in England Not including deaths of patients who died outwith hospitals.