[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Hugh

First you compared it to the flu

2018 deaths from flu - 1598
2019 deaths from flu - 1223
2020 deaths from COVID - 72718
2021 (so far) deaths from COVID - 71k (approx.)

https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/trans...0182019and2020

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...er-2020-report

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...ion-in-the-uk/

Now you’re using the old "percentage" gambit, rather than actual figures, but if you compare normal number of deaths in the U.K. (around 600,000) versus the number of COVID deaths (around 70,000 each year in the last two years), not quite so "out of proportion".

Yup, there's a good reason why governments round the world are taking the action they're taking.

It's healthy to critique what governments are saying and not take what anyone says at face value without digging into the facts. But you need to do the legwork and look at the evidence, as you have done.