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To: Helicondelta

That is - literally - a death panel.


3 posted on 04/02/2020 12:37:28 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: spetznaz

As terrible as a “death panel” is - it will be considered when dealing with this overwhelming global nightmare.

But liberals want to use it as a model for affordable health care policy!


4 posted on 04/02/2020 12:41:48 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: spetznaz

why isn’t the article reporting about why the numbers are soaring?

behind a paywall:

31 Mar: UK Telegraph: Counting coronavirus: How are different countries calculating death tolls, and can you trust them?
Testing capacity, differing public health protocols and political meddling may have distorted coronavirus death counts around the world
by Roland Oliphant
The British government has faced criticism after new figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest the death toll from coronavirus is a quarter higher than previously reported.
But Britain is not alone in struggling to count coronavirus casualties accurately.
A mixture of pressures on testing capacity, differing counting protocols, and political meddling may have distorted death and infection rates around the world...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/31/counting-coronavirus-different-countries-calculating-death-tolls/

31 Mar: BBC: Coronavirus: Why the UK death count is an inexact science
By Michelle Roberts
The Office for National Statistics has released new figures on the number of deaths involving coronavirus.
Unlike the statistics we have heard about before now, these include every community death linked to Covid-19 in England and Wales.
According to the data, there were 210 deaths up to 20 March - the day that pubs and clubs were ordered to shut down to help tackle the outbreak.
That is 40 more than the official figure of 170 released at that time...

Why the increase?
It looks at community deaths - people who died at home or in residential care who doctors recorded on the death certificate as probably having Covid-19...
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52103808


5 posted on 04/02/2020 12:44:02 AM PDT by MAGAthon ( Fauc)
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