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it was very high weekly total for a week in april ; that is probably what is meant
Yes that’s what the article says; “The Office for National Statistics said there were 18,500 deaths in the week up to 10 April – about 8,000 more than is normal at this time of year.” – So not insignificant.
Also aren’t the figures adjusted in retrospect, as the data comes through? It can take weeks for the full data to get through. So the figures for recent weeks will be incomplete.
Seems weird to want to deny that something unusual is going on…
However to compare the Covid-19 deaths to a full season of flu deaths is puerile.
Here, Here. As far as I understand it ONS are already saying 2020 deaths are at 20 year high, and this is still the beginning of it.
Also learn the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. It’s the ionizing kind that is a health risk, and that’s why people are advised to not have too many X-rays. 5G works on microwave frequencies, it’s non-ionizing. Standing around in strong sunlight too long is more of a health risk.
The “precautionary principle” is a bit of a two edge sword, since not doing something is a form of action that has its own risks and possible unseen consequences. We have to have some kind of rational way of assessing risk. As far as I understand it the mainstream scientific consensus is that 5G poses no significant risk. So in this case evoking the precautionary principle is a non starter I would have thought.
We shouldn’t make the mistake of thinking that Trump was the cause of right-wing populism in the USA.
I don’t think anyone thinks that. But equally, it’s a mistake to think that Trump’s victory hasn’t emboldened and enlarged the far-right in the USA or that his removal would have no effect on anything.
Lesser evil is still as evil.
Not always true. And if it was, voting for the lesser evil wouldn’t make any difference anyhow, so nothing lost. It’s like Pascal’s wager.
Really though, what I think is more important is what people do on the hundreds of other days when there is no election….
There is not any leader, or politician able to alter the economic base of any society
I agree, but there are other things that it is possible to be made worse and are important.
To be honest, in this situation if I were a US citizen, in the absence of a real socialist movement and party, I would be voting against Trump. It’s not a normal situation and I think it requires some mental gymnastics to think otherwise.
What those above figures don’t take into account though is the delay in getting the data and the fact that not all countries are starting from the same point in time, it’s comparing apples and oranges. We’re only at the beginning of this really..
Dave B. Why don’t you write in proper paragraphs? The formatting of your posts makes them difficult to read.
