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Old 07-10-2021, 14:34   #7435
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Re: Coronavirus
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
It does, yes. We measure the number of deaths caused by coronavirus as anyone who dies within 28 days of a Covid test. Which other countries do that?

We record all deaths from Covid, others do not.

And so on. If we are going to compare our figures with those of other countries, it must be on a like-for-like basis otherwise they are practically worthless.
I think different figures in the UK measure different things.

For example, the ONS stats record deaths caused by Covid 19, not by patients who had Covid 19. Other UK stats record patients who died with Covid 19 where it was present but always not the cause.
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