What do they mean by 'involving'?
Deaths involving COVID-19, England and Wales: March 2020
Todays ONS stats on Covid-19 are based on data on deaths in March. They show that of 3912 recorded deaths 'involving' Covid-19, only 9% of the deceased had no underlying condition.
The 4 most frequent underlying conditions over all age group and genders were:
1. Ischaemic heart diseases, 14%
2. Dementia and Alzheimer's disease, 14%
3. Chronic lower respiratory diseases, 13%
4. Influenza and pneumonia, 11%
5. No pre-existing conditions, 9%
Diabetes, hypertension and even 'old age' are frequent underlying conditions in other and old age groups.
It's almost as if Covid-19 itself only led to 9% of the deaths while the other 91% have been attributed to Covid-19 when there is a good chance that the deceased would have died sooner or later from their underlying condition(s).
In other words, reasons for death are being transferred to blame Covid-19.
Remember that plot from yesterday, that accumulated deaths upto April were not much higher than the 5 year average?
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