>During 2020 and 2021, the UK’s excess death rate was about 20% higher than in Belgium and the Netherlands, nearly 90% higher than France and Germany and 120% higher than Sweden.
I’m intrigued by this claim, the analysis recently published in the Lancet puts the UK excess death rate lower than Belgium/Netherlands and basically the same as France/Germany for excess deaths 2020-21. Sweden did better yes, but we were nowhere near 120% higher
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>During 2020 and 2021, the UK’s excess death rate was about 20% higher than in Belgium and the Netherlands, nearly 90% higher than France and Germany and 120% higher than Sweden.
I’m intrigued by this claim, the analysis recently published in the Lancet puts the UK excess death rate lower than Belgium/Netherlands and basically the same as France/Germany for excess deaths 2020-21. Sweden did better yes, but we were nowhere near 120% higher
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02796-3/fulltext
Excess deaths per 100,000 population 2020-1. Belgium 146, Netherlands 140, UK 126, France 124,Germany 120, Sweden 91