Sunday 10 January 2021

Covid is Killing Britons Faster than WWII

Covid-19 is killing Britons at a faster rate than the Second World War did.

Using government statistics, as of this morning there were 80,868 deaths from just over three million registered infections. A fatality figure that has already passed the civilian death toll from the Blitz. During the Second World War itself, there were 454,000 combined military and civilian deaths - a rounded figure provided by parliamentary sources. Different publications quibble over a few thousand either way, but for the purposes of this exercise it will suffice.

The first UK Covid death was recorded on 6th March, which gives us 309 days between then and 9th January when deaths passed 80,000. Averaging out fatalities yields a figure of 261.7 deaths per day. Between the UK's declaration of war on Nazi Germany on 3rd September, 1939 to the surrender of Japan on 15th August 1945, there were 2,173 days. Averaging out the war dead gives us a figure of 208.9 deaths per day. Pound for pound, the Coronavirus pandemic is killing Britons at a faster rate than the deadliest conflict in human history did.

How about the First World War? This saw Britain sustain 904,867 armed personnel and civilian deaths as the result of military action. Between 4th August 1914 when the UK declared war on the German Empire to Armistice Day on 11th November, 1918, there were 1,561 days. This gives us a daily average of 579.7 deaths. We are still a long way from those figures.

Remember, the existence of the new strain and the spiralling infections we're seeing are not merely unfortunate or a matter of chance, they are because of government inaction. At every stage of the pandemic, Boris Johnson has put the perceived needs of his party and the interests they represent above public health. This is where the blame lies. The responsibility for this catastrophe belongs to him and the Conservative Party.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The responsibility for this catastrophe belongs to him and the Conservative Party."

Ahem... and our Blairite comrades who worked tirelessly for four years to ensure another Tory election win. Let's not forget that!

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Which is only an excellent example of "correlation is not automatically the same as causation".

The pro-Blair cult really is the most mindless and unthinking of all btw.

Anonymous said...

There must be an independent investigation regarding the very high death rate in the UK.

Unknown said...

We should definitely get independent examination of the statistics.is it not our right in medical matters to seek a"second opinion"???who's watching the government watchers???

Anonymous said...

How has Germany done in looking after their citizens? I agree a full independent investigation needs to be undertaken.

BCFG said...

Can we be surprised when 2 irresponsible bints drive out to the countryside in a blatant breach of rules, rightly get fined (they should have been locked up) and then after a public outcry the bints get the fines dropped!

WTF is that all about!

Throw the bints in jail!