UK excess deaths data for 2020 by StokieBlue 6 Jan 2021 23:32
Hopefully this will finally put to bed the few people who still claim it's been no different to any other year, the NHS is always stretched and the flu kills lots of people every year.

The main points are below and the thread and please remember this was all whilst having unprecedented restrictions to try and curb C19.

- The first 3 months of 2020 were below the 5 year average for excess deaths.
- 73,000 excess deaths, 14% above the 5 year average and the worst in 100 years
- More excess deaths than in 1951, the year of a very major flu epidemic but no restrictions.
- Only one other year also topped 600,000 deaths - 1918 and the Spanish flu.

https://twitter.com/NickStripe_ONS/status/1346860617735532544

It's unbelievably important that the vaccine is being rolled out, there were over 1000 deaths today and there are over 31000 people in hospital with C19 and we probably aren't near the top of the peak from the new variant. It's unthinkable what would have happened if the virus had been able to run free with no restrictions at all.

Stay safe everyone, hopefully by the summer we will see the end of the tunnel.

SB