> I agree this is a trope which is trotted out by vaccine deniers and even those who said that COVID itself was a hoax before that. As you can see from this[1]

> I agree this is a trope which is trotted out by vaccine deniers and even those who said that COVID itself was a hoax before that. As you can see from this[1] Freedom of Information (FOI) request, the ONS makes a distinction between "Involving COVID-19" and "Due to COVID-19". > Unfortunately what we would like to know is how much longer these people would have lived without COVID. I suspect this is not knowable. It's also interesting to see in that FOI answer the average age of death is higher than the average life expectancy in the UK. It might give an indication of whether people are being taken to meet their maker early. [1] https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/averageageofthosewhohaddiedwithcovid19 https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/fre...