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Key thing in New York is that the protocol is about fever. You won’t be allowed in a doctors office unless confirmed negative, and you usually need a fever to get tested.

There are many scenarios where people in need of care won’t get it. It’s a vicious cycle and it’s fueling the ignorant rhetoric downplaying the broader issues.

UK deaths for week ending 3rd April was 60% above normal for that week. The rest of the year uk deaths was slightly below normal.

Only 1/3 of those excess deaths were put down to covid.

More people are found dead at home because during a lockdown-at-home you're simply more likely to be at home at any given point in time overall, obviously.