Coronavirus killing three times more people than flu and pneumonia combined

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The Office for National Statistics said Covid-19 was the underlying cause in more than 48,000 deaths

Coronavirus was linked to three times as many deaths than those caused by flu and pneumonia between January and August, the Office for National Statistics has said.

 

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This rag is fit for one thing only , Andrex make a product for the reason

Nope

Not Independent and Not True

Way to manipulate and push an agenda. Lost my follow.

Covid19 is essentially a flu even though the latest strain. Treat it with flu medicine which is over the counter. Most people are well within 3 days because there are superior ingredients to drain dangerous fluids and mucus from the body. Don't panic.

All the conspiracy theorists and deniers be like

keep fighting!

Maybe people caught COVID while they were dying of something else, and it isn’t the virus that killed them

In Scotland, flu kill 10 times more people than Covid

Fake

A thousand per week die of flu/pneumonia in the UK

Could that be because flu and pneumonia are now magically classed as Covid? How do flu deaths compare to previous years? Could they be significantly lower perchance?

You're fakenews.

But more politicians and celebrities have it than normal people lol

The Trump Administration will just tell us they have been saying “just like three times more than the flu and pneumonia combined” all along.

“Linked to” and “underlying cause” is much different than what your tweet suggests... weird.

Coronavirus was linked to three times as many deaths than those caused by flu and pneumonia between January and August, the Office for National Statistics has said

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