On 25/02/2021 19:16, tim... wrote:


"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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"Andrew" wrote in message
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Is this because of social distancing, mask wearing, hand washing,
fear or inability to get to a GP, or something else ?

probably because all the people who actually died of flu were diagnosed
a dying of Covid

The deaths from Covid figures only apply to those who have tested
positive.

there are reports of that not being the case

Hence why excess deaths also became a useful indicator for the spread of
Covid.