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> "At one point, the UK was recording any death where the person had a positive COVID test at any time prior." Not entirely true. The UK definition was death _
by Reason077 3y ago
> "At one point, the UK was recording any death where the person had a positive COVID test at any time prior."
Not entirely true. The UK definition was death _within 28 days_ of the first lab confirmed, positive Covid test. Not "any time prior".
- irthomasthomas 3y agoI said "at one point". E.g. from August 2020: In England, a new weekly set of figures will also be published, showing the number of deaths that occur within 60 days of a positive test. Deaths that occur after 60 days will also be added to this figure if COVID-19 appears on the death certificate. This will provide an additional measure of the impact of the disease over time. This follows concerns raised by academics from the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine about the original measure, which counted anyone who had ever tested positive as a COVID-associated death. They called for the introduction of a 21-day measure in order to accurately assess the impact of the virus on mortality rates https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-uk-wide-methodology-agreed-to-record-covid-19-deaths https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-uk-wide-methodology-a...