One of the most useful subs I have is to the Office for National Statistics. This latest blog sets the pandemic into context; the detail is revealing, especially of how 'flu vaccinations have pressed down on 'flu and therefore pneumonia.
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https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/howcoronaviruscovid19compareswithfluasacauseofdeath/2022-05-23
What it shows very clearly is how it is vitally important to be sure your comparisons are valid. Covid-19 is new and is a pandemic. All deaths related to it, directly and indirectly are 'excess deaths' to the national norm.
Keep this firmly in mind as you read since it is all too easy to think Covid-19 is no worse than 'flu. In some ways that is correct but misleading as IT IS ADDITIONAL! And critically it kills the mid-aged much more easily than 'flu.
