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I think you're being disingenuous, but there are few raw facts that are worth noting. First, UK excess deaths are worse than the official COVID figures would suggest. This is under-reporting - and it's actually public policy to only include those who die within 28 days of being diagnosed with COVID, so it's not surprising[1].

[1] This policy has some good technical reasons behind it, but its political use is still a bit gross.



This data is still not accurate, excess deaths is a very lagged dataset. Countries that have been upfront and honest with their numbers have high rates, another such one is Belgium. The difference isn't the government response it's the data.




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