Kit YatesJan 10, 2023
“More than 650,000 deaths were registered in the UK in 2022 - 9% more than 2019.
This represents one of the largest excess death levels outside the pandemic in 50 years.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64209221
Excess deaths in 2022 among worst in 50 years

New figures show more than 650,000 people died in the UK last year.

BBC News
Show threadKit YatesJan 10, 2023
Of course, BBC is suggesting pandemic is over. I'm sure we'd all agree this is not the case.
Show threadJ. McLaren
@kityates The BBC commentary on Covid has been influenced by the narrative of all UK Governments to minimise and deny the risk of infection. It reminds me now of those who take up an increasingly ill evidenced position and then get rather pompously stuck, digging in deeper. The tardy acceptance of airborne spread by the WHO springs to mind as a parallel. Both organisations have an obligation to inform. Perhaps that obligation, amid institutionalism, makes honest review tough?
Jan 13, 2023 at 6:45amWeb