For 14 of the past 15 weeks, England and Wales have averaged around 1,000 extra deaths each week, none of which are due to Covid.
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The Government has admitted that the majority of the excess deaths appear to be from circulatory issues and diabetes – long-term, chronic conditions that can be fatal without adequate care.
Such conditions were also likely to have been exacerbated by lockdowns and work-from-home edicts that increased sedentary lifestyles and alcohol intake at a time when Britain was already facing historic levels of obesity and heart disease.
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Some experts think the excess deaths may still be people whose health was weakened by a Covid infection, which is known to increase the risk of stroke and heart attacks.
I'm a natural optimist, but the state of things in my country at the moment are making even me feel deeply bleak about the future. I must get the ball rolling on my Irish passport so I can flee to...
I'm a natural optimist, but the state of things in my country at the moment are making even me feel deeply bleak about the future. I must get the ball rolling on my Irish passport so I can flee to the EU before that too somehow ends up constituting some level of treason.
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I'm a natural optimist, but the state of things in my country at the moment are making even me feel deeply bleak about the future. I must get the ball rolling on my Irish passport so I can flee to the EU before that too somehow ends up constituting some level of treason.