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[Kinky Gerbils]

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Not yet because it was arranged by the Racecourse hub. As far as I know, it's for over 75s only but my last booster was in October.

@Westander Yes I was on the Racecourse list.

My Mother gave the GP a buzz and was sorted the next day.

Is the phone line still active?

[Thunder Bolt]

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My Mother gave the GP a buzz and was sorted the next day.

Is the phone line still active?

I’ll try tomorrow.

[Kinky Gerbils]

Office for National Statistics (ONS)
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10,232 deaths were registered in England and Wales in the week ending 8 July 2022. This was 10.0% above the five-year average (928 excess deaths) http://ow.ly/j74j50JYS05

Of these, 423 mentioned #COVID19 on the death certificate, 91 more than in the previous week.

Will we get an investigation into what is driving these excess deaths?

1/3 cases of covid are of and not with - so it’s something else.

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Much of it is available on the ONS website https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...auses-of-death

The only causes that are higher are heart disease, dementia, covid and 'non-defined.' Could some be due to the effects of the virus or the vaccine, or due to a delay in diagnosis? Probably too many variables at play to be certain.

[carlzeiss]

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Much of it is available on the ONS website https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...auses-of-death

The only causes that are higher are heart disease, dementia, covid and 'non-defined.' Could some be due to the effects of the virus or the vaccine, or due to a delay in diagnosis? Probably too many variables at play to be certain.

Some interesting downloads on that site and as you say so many variables to draw unequivocal conclusions

This was one that caught my attention

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...nstatusengland

Deaths by vaccination status, England for the most recent month available - May 2022

Age standardized mortality rate per 100 thousand / person- years , All causes

Never Jabbed - 872.9

First dose at least 21 days ago - 1873.4

2nd dose between 21 days & 6 months ago - 1815.9

2nd dose at least 6 months ago - 1703.7

3rd dose less than 21 days ago - 2056

3rd dose at least 21 days ago - 797


Ever vaccinated - 822.6

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[darkwolf666]

I realise, from the amount of time since anyone last posted on this forum, that everyone is now bored of, or is busy “living with Covid”, so this latest decision by the Department of Health may have passed them by.

The decision not to buy the anti-Covid drug, Evusheld has caused outrage in the vulnerable community and heightened their feelings of isolation.

This is nothing short of a National disgrace and a further kick in the teeth for those suffering from blood cancer and other conditions that make them extremely vulnerable to Covid.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-62516896

The Government’s argument is that there is insufficient evidence that Evusheld works against Omicron, despite the manufacturer Astra Zeneca saying there is real world evidence to the contrary. Yet on the same day this latest rebuttal was issued my wife was invited for her 7th dose of the Covid vaccine, which to date has created NO antibodies to Covid.

The Government’s own advice to the vulnerable regarding this is to have the vaccines, as “some protection is better than none” - yet they won’t apply the same maxim to a drug that is readily available and could offer many vulnerable people some degree of freedom.

500,000 people, forgotten, just like that... well, they were going to die soon anyway!

And if you need or would like a further sobering read, then this article from Blood Cancer U.K., detailing the scale of the number of deaths in the blood cancer community makes further reading and seems to fly in the face of the Government’s decision.

https://bloodcancer.org.uk/news/one-...-blood-cancer/

Right, you can all go back to ignoring it now!