Covid: 2020 saw most excess deaths since World War Two

[patman post]

I watched Sky News late last night when they ran a comparison on death rates since the beginning of 1900s I think. It showed the slowed reducing number of deaths until last year where it increased significantly.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-how-mortality-rates-in-2020-compare-with-past-decades-and-centuries-12185275

Explain all you like, those who just want to play and troll will continue to deny the fact that the past year has seen a huge jump in the death rate over what would be expected in a "normal" year.

Personally, I'm wondering if Brexit rather than Covid could be the cause...

[T00ts]

I watched Sky News late last night when they ran a comparison on death rates since the beginning of 1900s I think. It showed the slowed reducing number of deaths until last year where it increased significantly.

https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-how-mortality-rates-in-2020-compare-with-past-decades-and-centuries-12185275

[Scott777]

1995: "Ecstasy pill puts party girl in coma", BBC.

"An official inquest later revealed Leah had not died directly from ecstasy, but from drinking a large quantity of water to counteract the drug's dehydrating effects."

So, Smurfy, did ecstasy "put party girl in coma" or not?  It's not rocket science.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/13/newsid_2516000/2516593.stm

[Barry]

They've done a mean job of manipulating statistics.
What is an "Excess death"?
If you look at the graph it was similar in 2007-2008 and worse than this year every year before that. All for the sake of a headline!

[Scott777]

The Covid pandemic has caused excess deaths to rise to their highest level since World War Two.

Yeah, right, and if the BBC say so, it must be true.  (Saddam Hussein could deploy chemical and biological weapons within 45 minutes.)   

[papasmurf]

What on earth will they be able to scare us with next year after that COVID cull of coffin Dodgers means nobody in the cohort will be around to die for this year's figures ...

The unintended and emergent properties of Brexit.

[johnofgwent]

I can't say I am surprised, more at link:-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55631693

Covid: 2020 saw most excess deaths since World War Two
Published1 hour ago

The Covid pandemic has caused excess deaths to rise to their highest level since World War Two.

There were close to 697,000 deaths in the UK in 2020 - nearly 91,000 more than what would be expected based on the average in the previous five years.

This represents an increase of 15% - making it the largest rise in excess deaths for more than 75 years.

What on earth will they be able to scare us with next year after that COVID cull of coffin Dodgers means nobody in the cohort will be around to die for this year's figures ...

[papasmurf]

I can't say I am surprised, more at link:-

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55631693

Covid: 2020 saw most excess deaths since World War Two
Published1 hour ago

The Covid pandemic has caused excess deaths to rise to their highest level since World War Two.

There were close to 697,000 deaths in the UK in 2020 - nearly 91,000 more than what would be expected based on the average in the previous five years.

This represents an increase of 15% - making it the largest rise in excess deaths for more than 75 years.