Jared Evan
Startling research, presented to the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) reveals that an additional 75,000 people could die from non-Covid causes as a result of lockdown, according to devastating official figures buried in a 188-page document The Daily Mail reported
The UK has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases, while the death numbers remain extremely low, there has been talk of further lock-down restrictions
The document reveals 16,000 people died as a result of the chaos in hospitals and care homes in March and April alone.
It estimates a further 26,000 will lose their lives within a year if people continue to stay away from emergency care and the problems in social care persist.
Daily Mail reported:
And an additional 31,900 could die over the next five years as a result of missed cancer diagnoses, cancelled operations and the health impacts of a recession.
However, the initial lock-down in UK saved lives, the report stressed:
That had nothing been done to stop the spread of the virus in March, 400,000 people could have died of Covid.
But they acknowledged the restrictions had significant unintended consequences.
The document said: ‘We estimate changes to emergency care may account for 6,000 existing excess deaths in March and April 2020. If emergency care in hospitals continues to be low for a full 12 months, this could result in an additional 10,000 excess deaths.’ It added: ‘We estimate there were approximately 10,000 non-Covid-19 excess deaths of care home residents in March and April 2020... there could be an additional 16,000 non-Covid-19 excess deaths over 12 months in care home residents.’
Additionally 31,900 could die over the next five years as a result of missed cancer diagnoses, cancelled operations and the health impacts of a recession.
The toll of deaths directly linked to the virus last night stood at 41,936.
In other words the fear of going to the hospital has caused unnecessary deaths and this trend will amplify if the UK increases lock-down restrictions.
The numbers of cases vs deaths show in the UK show, that while there are record numbers of infections, which has risen in August and September, the deaths are extremely low.
These numbers should help Boris Johnson make a wiser decision s to increasing any furthur lock-down restrictions.
