As We Thought

[piper107]

scaremongering

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10305417/Fury-lack-transparency-UKs-Omicron-death-victim-fully-jabbed-vulnerable.html

[JimF]

[THECORBYLOON]

As far as I'm aware, they have been saying the person died with the new variant, not from it.

[JimF]

D'oh! Sorry, wrong thread! Done it again...

[tomus42]

Love that album Jim..

[JimF]

Me too.

[Mozz71]

I wonder who the "we" is in the OP?

[Spicerack]

Obviously the people on AB who had questions about 'our' Omicron victim instead of running around like headless chickens.
Are you being deliberately obtuse......again, Mozz?

[bobbinwales]

It does seem meaningless commenting on one death. Maybe there just trying to say it can be fatal. Maybe they feel if they didn't say then someone would accuse them of trying to hide the info. Should wait a week or two till s clearer picture emerges before commenting on it.

[brian j john]

I've been asking that question from the very start of the pandemic .
With and from are two different things.
The stats we hear everyday are totally inaccurate

[bobbinwales]

not again.. the stats actually understate it. Just count the death certs with covid on and uts a higher figure. Look at excess deaths. Its higher...
All this nonsense about the possible cases being run over by a bus is nonsense. The covid deathsin uk is 120000 to 180000 however you measure.... all far too big.
Waiting for its just like flu next...

[naomi24]

With this one death seemingly heralding the start of yet another panic, one has to question the statistics for all the others. If this person died ‘of’ the new variant he is the first fatality in the world. Odd that it should happen here … which leads me to believe those who have questioned statistics in the past were right to do so. I’ve never been sure we’re that count at counting.

[naomi24]

*that good at counting.

[brian j john]

As Benjamin Disraeli said "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

[bobbinwales]

Meanwhile back on icu wards and at the undertakers and on death certs there making up deaths figures statistics... okay

[naomi24]

Bobbin, I don’t think anyone has made up deaths but I do think many have been attributed solely to Covid that shouldn’t have been.

[emmie]

I agree Naomi...

[brian j john]

Naomi .
Spot on

[bobbinwales]

OK some still haven't read up on the alternative death counts 18 months on. But does it matter whether its 120000 or 180000.. Still tragic and far to high.
We do go round in circles ....

[1ozzy]

Covid may have assisted in their demise.
But not be the underlying cause.

So, should we ignore covid?

I think not, but, we should all tread carefully.

[emmie]

exactly right 1ozzy