Only a third of the excess deaths seen in the community in England and Wales can be explained by covid-19, new data have shown. Of those 30 000, only 10 000 have had covid-19 specified on the death certificate. While Spiegelhalter acknowledged that some of these “excess deaths” might be the result of underdiagnosis, “the huge number … Continue reading “Staggering number” of extra deaths in community is not explained by covid-19 – BMJ