*"If Covid-19 killed 30,000, and lockdown killed the other 30,000, then the lockdown* *was a complete and utter waste of time, and should never happen again. The great* *fear is that this would be a message this government does not want to hear—so * *they will do everything possible not to hear it."*
I’ve signed death certificates during Covid-19. Here’s why you can’t trust any of the statistics on the number of victims 28 May, 2020 12:56 / Updated 1 day ago Get short URL <https://on.rt.com/ai3a> [image: I’ve signed death certificates during Covid-19. Here’s why you can’t trust any of the statistics on the number of victims] Ambulance and air ambulance crews work to stabilise a patient with possible COVID-19 symptoms in Southampton, Britain. May 6, 2020 © Pool via Reuters / Leon Neal - - - Follow RT on[image: RT] <https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBwgKMJz93AIw0JIc?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen> *By Malcolm Kendrick, doctor and author who works as a GP in the National Health Service in England. His blog can be read here <https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/> and his book, 'Doctoring Data – How to Sort Out Medical Advice from Medical Nonsense,' is available here <http://www.doctoringdata.co.uk/>.* https://www.rt.com/op-ed/490006-death-certificates-covid-19-do-not-trust/ As an NHS doctor, I’ve seen people die and be listed as a victim of coronavirus without ever being tested for it. But unless we have accurate data, we won’t know which has killed more: the disease or the lockdown? I suppose most people would be somewhat surprised to know that the cause of death, as written on death certificates, is often little more than an educated guess. Most people die when they are old, often over eighty. There is very rarely going to be a post-mortem carried out, which means that, as a doctor, you have a think about the patient’s symptoms in the last two weeks of life or so. You go back over the notes to look for existing medical conditions. Previous stroke, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, angina, dementia and suchlike. Then you talk to the relatives and carers and try to find out what they saw. Did they struggle for breath, were they gradually going downhill, not eating or drinking? If I saw them in the last two weeks of life, what do I think was the most likely cause of death? There are, of course, other factors. Did they fall, did they break a leg and have an operation – in which case a post-mortem would more likely be carried out to find out if the operation was a cause. *Click on the link for the rest.* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W9Fum-3kdqZOmHWqYjpN4wrQJV%3DsHfBPdETfUgSVKweKg%40mail.gmail.com.
