US has suffered more than 1m excess deaths during pandemic, CDC finds
GuardianNov 25, 2021
The Facts
The number of weekly excess deaths in England and Wales between Jan. 6-13 has hit its highest total in nearly two years, with 2,837 deaths above the average for the time of year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Over 17k people died during the week ending on Jan. 13, the most since both nations were in lockdown due to the Alpha variant of COVID in 2021. Outside of COVID-affected years, the weekly deaths are the highest since January 2015.
The Spin
Left narrative
Britain's excess death rate is at a disastrous high, and the issue far surpasses COVID. Dismal ambulance response times, the NHS staffing crisis, alongside the wider structural issue of social inequality in the middle of a cost-of-living disaster, are all to blame as part of Tory failures. Excess deaths are the result of a broken system pushed by an ideologically crazed government. This could've been avoided.
Right narrative
Although many blame the government for the excess deaths and the state of the NHS, in reality, the issue stems from COVID policies that led to long-term damage to the economy and the UK's health services. While anyone who pushed against lockdowns and masks was deemed radical, we are now seeing the results of these policies that were political rather than scientific, and the mainstream media refuses to admit its role in the disaster.
