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Re:UK: Excess deaths in 2022 among worst in 50 years by DanBC on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @12:31PM (#34328368)
Please at least read the pages you quote.

> this is likely to have been driven in part by activities in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, such as testing and tracing services and the implementation of the vaccination programme.

Yes, if we include the many billions spent on faulty test and trace and broken PPE -the corrupt spending that went to pals of the Tory party- we see an increase in health spending.

Guess what happens to the amount of health care funding if you ignore the corrupt spend on PPE?

Re:UK: Excess deaths in 2022 among worst in 50 years by gadders on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:15AM (#34337576)
Even if you ignore 2020 and 2021, the trend-line is still upwards. There's no reason to think it would have dropped without COVID happening.