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the link explains completion death certificate cause. the death certificate also lists comorbidities which may be either underlying or "significant" conditions at time of death, which have lower threshold. theres a bit in there about to the best of the knowledge, and another about verification...

thats good point, and leading to some misinformation. i was only highlighting one arbitrary count over another arbitrary count, neither is particularly reliable. the main thing to say in favour of headline number is consistency. its been an eye opener on how relatively poor and inconsistent...

counterpoint, having Covid listed as comorbidity isnt reliable either. the threshold is for a doctor who hasnt seen the patient to be told they had covid like symptoms. coincidentally, there's a large fall in influenza and other respiratory diseases the past year.

so they paid and didnt use them, not surprising since most hospitals werent at capacity. everything non-emergency simply got canned. what your highlighting is another failure to manage resources available.

they did requisition them, they still need the medical and support staff all paying. the question we need to ask is what use did they make of them? could have been running through the backlog of routine business.

true, and they should own their other processes. i wonder, how many would have died in hospital in March and April had they not been moved to care homes, and would that be an "acceptable" number.

there wasnt a single source or direction of advise, too easy to overlook actions were based on advice, just not what people think should have been done. our apparently now credible witness Cummings told us this, when he criticised the department and agencies controlling response that wouldn't do...

probably lied to reassure the public, or wasnt told directly. meanwhile the policy would be enacted anyway. sack him for the lie, along with all others involved.

reserve triage is the procedure adopted by healthcare department as the approved approach (observed in the devolved nations and abroad). question is if he knew there was next to no testing when he said there was. everything is political noise. though there was little test capacity to do it...