Re: Post-Covid Brain fog
Originally Posted by
OldGreyFox
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Didn't some government advisor or official, forecast back in April that this virus is so virulent that their
could be half a million deaths in the UK by September, with people dying in the streets...
Not that I can link to but, at that time,
the death rate was the worst in Europe, with over
1,200 people a day dying in the UK from COV-ID (recorded figures only) , so an extrapolation to at least 200,000 deaths would have seemed reasonable at the time (500,000 seems excessive). As we know, deaths from COVID-19 have been reduced to 80 a day (but increasing) in the UK
However, back in April, daily new cases in the UK were running at a (then) record of
5,500 and lockdown was in full force - the infection rate dropped and most people were led to believe that the virus was under control but it's back with a vengeance - a (new) record of
17,540 new cases per day (08/10) and a 7-day average of
13,000+ (recorded figures),
20,000+ (ONS Survey estimate) - no-one "extrapolated" that in April ..... but "extrapolating" from it, when the government seems to have lost control, does lead to some alarming figures .....
So, it seems, deaths and infections are, to a greater or lesser extent, "known" but "long covid" is, to all intents and purposes, an "unknown", at least until the "second wave" is over and "results" can be collated and compiled .....