Thicko thought for the day

[_V_]

If it takes you 29 days to die of Covid, it's no longer reported as a covid death.
If you die of pneumonia 75 days after a positive test, and the pneumonia is because of fluid in your lungs from having had Covid, it's not a Covid death
If you have a heart attack out walking due to your impaired lung function 6 weeks after testing positive, it's not a Covid death.

That's why excess deaths is a better way to look at what's actually happening

100%

[Paralytic]

No, what was yours?

To me, it looks like Government figures have revealed that Dementia deaths have declined by the largest number in 20 years.

Or, they used a spreadsheet to count them.

[_V_]

To me, it looks like Government figures have revealed that Dementia deaths have declined by the largest number in 20 years.

100%

[Paralytic]

If it takes you 29 days to die of Covid, it's no longer reported as a covid death.
If you die of pneumonia 75 days after a positive test, and the pneumonia is because of fluid in your lungs from having had Covid, it's not a Covid death
If you have a heart attack out walking due to your impaired lung function 6 weeks after testing positive, it's not a Covid death.

That's why excess deaths is a better way to look at what's actually happening

Yes, what I said (though I could have been clearer that I meant excess deaths when I stated ONS figures)

[AtW]

Sokies banned over 28 days since discovery of being a sockie are therefore banned for a cause rather than sockie hatred

[Old Greg]

Is that your takeaway from the article?

I wouldn't mind a decent takeaway.

[Old Greg]

Interestingly, the number of deaths from dementia is falling.

UK dementia deaths decline by largest number in 20 years



So Covid-19 is a cure for dementia?

Dementia in Brexiteers is easily confused with cretinism, hence the change in the statistics.