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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/15...hael-fabricant
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The study referred to an analytical model that is described as "the most comprehensive assessment of excess mortality due to COVID-19 to date".
After factoring in excess deaths during the pandemic from all causes, the UK is now 29th in Europe and ninth in Western Europe in terms of death rate from the deadly pathogen.
Clinical Epidemiologist Dr Raghob Ali tweeted: "Far from the UK having the worst death rate in Europe, or even Western Europe, as many still think, it is actually 29th in Europe and 9th in Western Europe.
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Actual source material from four months ago, like your link…
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...796-3/fulltext
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Findings Although reported COVID-19 deaths between Jan 1, 2020, and Dec 31, 2021, totalled 5·94 million worldwide, we estimate that 18·2 million (95% uncertainty interval 17·1–19·6) people died worldwide because of the COVID-19 pandemic (as measured by excess mortality) over that period.
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The report state that it estimates three times the reported number of people died from COVID worldwide.
The actual difference for the U.K. between reported and estimated was 3%…
There is no "league table" in that paper that shows the U.K. was 9th/29th…
If you look at the table from the report in this link, it shows that for Western Europe, there were 15 countries in that table of that had lower estimated rates than the U.K..
https://www.thelancet.com/action/sho...2821%2902796-3
Estimated excess mortality rate per 100,000
Austria 107.5
Cyprus 32.2
Denmark 94.1
Finland 80.8
France 124.2
Germany 120.5
Iceland 47·8
Ireland 12·5
Israel 51·0
Luxembourg 89·2
Malta 89·9
Monaco 74·4
Norway 7·2
Sweden 91·2
Switzerland 93·1
United Kingdom 126·8