In the latest week, 5 times as many people died of ‘flu & pneumonia as died “with Coronavirus”

In the previous 100 years we didn’t ruin our country with a lockdown because of the ‘flu

When will this madness stop? A special Brexit Facts4EU.Org report

NOTE: This report was written before the Government announcement late yesterday which stated that Coronavirus deaths have been very significantly overstated by Public Health England (PHE). The admission by PHE vindicates much of our analysis that follows.

In the latest week’s official ONS figures 8,946 people are reported to have died in England and Wales. In that week 928 of them died of ‘flu and pneumonia. 193 of them died “with Coronavirus”.

When it comes to the year to date, according to the (inflated COVID-19) figures from the Office for National Statistics issued on 11 August 2020, on average far more people die of ‘flu and pneumonia than have died “with” Coronavirus, as at 31 July this year. This is a simple fact.

Flu and pneumonia deaths in an average year up to this point are 26% higher than the reported Coronavirus deaths. And the gulf is growing. Last week ‘flu and pneumonia deaths were 381% higher than for people who died “with Coronavirus”.

This information is based on the latest report from the Office for National Statistics. We have not massaged the figures in any way. We have not reduced the ONS figures for “Coronavirus deaths” even though they are significantly overstated. (See below.)

Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary

‘Flu and influenza deaths vs. ‘Coronavirus deaths’

All data is up to Week 31 (week ending 31 July) and comes from the ONS

Five-year average of deaths from ‘flu and pneumonia – 64,378
Deaths ‘with Coronavirus’ – 51,210
Average ‘flu and pneumonia deaths to date are 25.7% higher than the reported deaths ‘with Coronavirus’

The United Kingdom has been pummelled into an historic recession by fake news and false data

We have no confidence in the figures produced by the Office for National Statistics, nor by Public Health England, nor by any of the other public organisations collecting and publishing data on the Coronavirus. And we most certainly do not believe a word uttered by Scotland’s First Minister on this subject. We say this as an organisation that has built its reputation on carefully-researched facts for the last five years.

It remains the case, for example, that a person dying today in August of ‘flu, or cancer, or a heart attack, and who tested positive for Coronavirus in early March but had no symptoms or recovered from it, will nevertheless be counted in the ONS figures for Coronavirus deaths. How is this remotely possible, credible, or of any use?

As things stand, if someone dies on this day next year for whatever reason, and if they had tested positive today, they would be counted in the Coronavirus death figures. Sheer insanity.

Not only that but a person does not even need to have tested positive for Coronavirus to be counted in Coronavirus figures. Here’s the ONS:-

“Coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths are those deaths … where COVID-19 was mentioned on the death certificate. A doctor can certify the involvement of COVID-19 based on symptoms and clinical findings – a positive test result is not required.”

- Office for National Statistics, 11 August 2020

It’s even worse when it comes to ‘flu or pneumonia

If you die of the ‘flu or pneumonia, but a doctor mentions Coronavirus on your death certificate, then you died of Coronavirus according to the official figures. The ’flu and pneumonia deaths are then NOT counted as ‘flu and pneumonia deaths, even if the person tested positive for Coronavirus many months previously and recovered or had no symptoms.

“A death can be registered with both COVID-19 and Influenza and Pneumonia mentioned on the death certificate. Because pneumonia may be a consequence of COVID-19, deaths where both were mentioned have been counted only in the COVID-19 category.” - ONS

Summary

The figures for “Coronavirus deaths” are grossly exaggerated because they include deaths from all causes if Coronavirus happens to be mentioned by the doctor on the death certificate. This can occur even if the deceased NEVER tested positive for Coronavirus. Even without this distortion, the average deaths from ‘flu and pneumonia are far higher than deaths “with Coronavirus”.

At some point all this will come out. In the meantime we feel obliged to report it. The summary of all our 20 reports on COVID-19 is here.

NOTE: This report was written before the Government announcement late yesterday which stated that Coronavirus deaths have been very significantly overstated by Public Health England (PHE). We comment on this in our ‘Observations’ below.

Observations

Stop press

Some readers may have seen the news overnight that Public Health England have finally stated that the number of deaths ‘with Coronavirus’ has been overstated. Remember those televised daily press briefings? You now know you were being lied to on a daily basis.

Professor John Newton, Director of Health Improvement at Public Health England, said yesterday:

“The way we count deaths in people with COVID-19 in England was originally chosen to avoid underestimating deaths caused by the virus in the early stages of the pandemic. Our analysis of the long-term impact of the infection now allows us to move to new methods, which will give us crucial information about both recent trends and overall mortality burden due to COVID-19.”

No apology. No admittance of crass incompetence. No resignations. And it will still be the case that if a person dies of ‘flu, pneumonia, or other related conditions, and Coronavirus is mentioned on a death certificate then that person died of Coronavirus.

You can rely on us

Brexit Facts4EU.Org was the first serious organisation to issue an alert about what we saw coming with Coronavirus. We did so because of a worrying EU announcement before the Coronavirus lockdown. We felt the tremors of impending propaganda.

Since our first report on 04 March, mass hysteria has gripped nations around the world. Even so-called liberal Governments have reacted in draconian and authoritarian ways. Our world has changed and it will take a generation to recover from it – if we ever do.

After our first article in early March we published another 20 articles, before stopping because of the abuse we received and the cancellation of some readers’ regular donations. In the following article we provide a summary and clickable list of some of these reports.

Today we feel the need to publish the report above – even though it may lose us more readers – because we are deeply troubled by the directives of the Government and by the supposed “Science” that lies behind these.

If we could find the remotest evidence to justify what has been done to the United Kingdom since March, we would publish it. We can find nothing plausible. Yes - and very sadly - people have died of Coronavirus, just as they do of any number of causes each year. Has the virus been serious? Yes, especially for those in high risk categories. In many of these cases it seems that rash decisions caused far more deaths than should have been the case. (Transferring elderly patients from hospitals back into care homes being a case in point.)

For the bulk of the population it hasn’t been serious – especially for the under 50s and most especially for children.

Have the Coronavirus numbers come anywhere near justifying the lockdown of our nation, the imposition of emergency powers, the denial of our civil liberties, the drastic shortening of lives because the NHS wouldn’t treat non-Covid patients, the closing of our schools and universities, the severe damage to the infrastructure of our cities and to our town high streets, and the utter devastation of our economy? No, the Coronavirus numbers have justified none of these.

Will we see far more deaths from other causes over the next few years as a result of the knee-jerk Coronavirus responses? Yes we will.

It really is time for this nonsense to end. We have always argued for a proportionate response. We urge the Government to look at the real figures that matter, stop the hysteria, and end this madness completely. Let’s get everyone back to work and back into education, and regrow our country again as quickly as possible.

Even if you disagree with our conclusions (the facts themselves are indisputable), we hope you will continue to support our work on Brexit. On Saturday we will return to Brexit - our specialty.

We have a bold new Brexit world ahead of us. If the Government continues with its robust stance, a fully-free, independent, and sovereign United Kingdom awaits us. Please help us to see this through by making a donation using one of the quick and secure payment methods below. Thank you.

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11. J. Slater Essex , Thursday, August 13, 2020, 16:31:

And why this gross overstating of deaths from Coronavirus? Could there be any links to people assuming they can influence our every day lives for ever? Very clever, but creepy. Must have been planned many years back. Time for us all to regain our freedoms. My friend so enjoys fearing the illness, wearing her mask, even says it's beginning to feel like 'normal'. Definitely time to regain control of our lives and tell the Governments and the vaccine makers and their backers that the majority of us will defy them all. We are not prepared to lose our jobs and suffer economic downfalls without a fight. Bully tactics never did work. The history books are littered with accounts of attempted take-overs of peoples by the few.

12. W. Alkaway UK , Thursday, August 13, 2020, 17:56:

Quote:
Professor John Newton, Director of Health Improvement at Public Health England, said yesterday:
“The way we count deaths in people with COVID-19 in England was originally chosen to avoid underestimating deaths caused by the virus in the early stages of the pandemic.'
Is Prof. Newton only now admitting, many months later, that they in Public Health England actually 'chose' to FALSIFY the numbers of deaths upwards, in the face of causing huge business and job losses in this country? Is this not Treason, to knowingly give grossly incorrect figures to our Government?
A huge question now is this. On which side is our Government and Prime Minister batting? On the side of The New World Order, or on the side of the people who voted them into power? What will PM Johnson now do, now that he has the new much lower numbers of deaths and an admission of guilt from Public Health England? These numbers drastically change everything. From shutting down people, hospitals, surgeries, schools, the economy and making us shut ourselves away and wear masks. He now has to act, and act fast to restore normality.
Crucially, here are just some enlightening points: Will PM Johnson and our Tory Government: dismantle Public Health England and fire Professor Newton? Will he open all surgeries and Hospital wards for the needs of the sick of this country, for which we the taxpayers pay for to the tune of over £125 billion every year? We expect to be treated in our hospitals, and hospital staff will get back to work. . And thirdly, review the obsession with the vaccination programme for Covid 19,on the say so of the producers of this multi billion pound business. Covid has resulted in far fewer deaths than flu and pneumonia. Now let's get the answers by watching Boris Johnson's next moves.

13. Richard , Thursday, August 13, 2020, 18:04:

95% of deaths ‘with’ Covid-19 had pre-existing co-morbidities. Just 1,366 deaths with no stated co-morbidities (301 under 60), assuming this was correct (England NHS at 1 July): https://oye.news/news/healt...

14. Olaf Felts , Thursday, August 13, 2020, 20:34:

I appeal to Facts4EU to continue to report, analyse, and present information as they feel fit. To trust in honesty and integrity. Better to lose a few donations than sell your soul. Anyway others will replace those that are not open minded enough to explore alternative views and realise that the truth is a slippery beast and needs searching for. For me the matter of most interest is the amount of people I know, meet, and have contact with through work feel the Government has behaved in a scandalous and inept fashion and the it has make one cataclysmic mistake. Yet apparently the minority opinion? The pure madness of what has been presented regarding how deaths are recorded sums it all up. I'm confident that even more poor souls have been recorded to have died from covid but have not; so much higher than 5,000. I know someone who works for an NHS Trust in the community and she told me how deaths are routinely recorded as covid regardless of the real cause. No testing or actual diagnosis, just simply have to be recorded that way. Disturbing?

15. Barbara Jell , Friday, August 14, 2020, 00:13:

Agree with ALL of the above. This control freak Government have let their majority go to their heads, but it will all end in tears - for them! They have destroyed the economy, dehumanised, demoralised and terrified the population and are being advised by a rabid Communist, Susan Michie, who is on the Sage Committee, advising on lockdown policies. Who needs enemies when Westminster can do the job for them!
I REFUSE to wear a mask anywhere as it is is degrading, submissive and humiliating. More and more people are waking up to a very sinister agenda behind this mendacious and pernicious Covid tyranny and big protests are being organised. I shall be attending.
I hope there will be mass disobedience regarding any more lockdowns as businesses are not going to commit voluntary suicide.

16. Hopwood , Friday, August 14, 2020, 17:58:

I voted for this government because I had some (slender)hopes that we could look forward to action instead of words. Action,that is,which leads to a proud nation.But "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick"as Proverbs tells us. When strong leadership is needed,what we have got ourselves is a scarecrow and an establishment with the political will of a jellyfish without the sting. The figures for Covid deaths v.others expose the poverty of government thinking. The latest rabbit out of the hat imposes quarantine on those returning form France. I would be interested to know the quarantine locations for those coming to Kent from France in small boats . Who knows what pathogens come with them? And for those cheering on illegal migrants,how many are you preparing to lodge in your home? "Compassion"is a fine individual virtue : it can never be the basis for public policy. Will Covid threaten 17 billion people in the world ? There may be plagues over the horizon that will make this virus look like a pimple.

17. Hopwood , Friday, August 14, 2020, 18:09:

Sorry,I should have said 7 billion,not 17.......for now

18. Barbara Jell , Saturday, August 15, 2020, 02:01:

My heartfelt thanks for this article. I am seething with rage at the perniciously insane and tyrannical behaviour of this Government and their mishandling of Covid 19. A lesson in how to destroy a nation by sheer stupidity. I will be sending this to Herr Boris informing him that I will never be voting Conservative again during my lifetime. I pray that a new political will arise which truly represents the people, as not ONE of our three main parties does.

19. Concerned , Saturday, August 15, 2020, 04:50:

19 Barabara, I too seeth at the previously named conservative party. However I have come to realize that this is all on purpose, there is an agenda and they are following it to the last letter. I too want a third party, however in broken Britain's politics you have Labour/Conservative/Illiberal that's it, no-one else gets a look in at the general election because of the system which they have made unworkable.
Just look at the mess of the last 20 years and the damage done to the country by all the 3 main parties. I could spit when I think of their agenda.

20. Malcolm K , Saturday, August 15, 2020, 07:54:

Many thanks for this article!
I have been following the stats from the early days of this ‘existential crisis’ and quickly came to see that something was seriously wrong. The earliest signals in the data well before lockdown showed that the ‘lethality’ demographic was very narrow indeed and that the general population was not at risk. Basically, if you weren’t ill already or vulnerable to the the next round of seasonal flu the actual risk was statistically insignificant (higher risk of death from other causes). As soon as I mentioned this to people in my networks it was seemingly impossible to engage with the on facts. The psychological impact of the messaging from govt and media had done its work so effectively that presenting the facts seemed a waste of time. As Geobbels observed, with propaganda it is all about the getting the mass to the point of ‘belief’ - dissent from the few can be tolerated to give the impression of an ostensibly free press. The ‘mass’ then take care of the dissenters (see what’s happening with the ridiculous requirement to wear masks). We can see that the word ‘Covid’ has become a primer and a ‘lever’ for controlling fear which, as the statistics show, actually has no basis in reality.
We have to keep pushing back with the truth, even in the face of the propaganda as many have done before us. It was Edward Bernase (Freud’s nephew) who worked out that having observed that propaganda worked in time of war, it could easily be used in peace time. Disturbingly, he was the person who first coined the phrase ‘Public Relations’ to describe it! As we know, the most powerful person in the Cabinet Office is the PR guy!
I remain hopeful!
Best wishes all!

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