Did the VE Day celebrations cause excess deaths in England to climb again?

https://twitter.com/SquashedBox/status/1265539758111035394?s=03

The above graph was tweeted by Glyn Hughes (@SquashedBox) and shared with me by arosie69. It seems to show that most objective measure of the impact of covid-19,excess deaths, has begun to climb in England and Wales after apparently beginning to fall.

In the week ending 15th May, there were 4 247 excess deaths compared to 3 382 in the previous week after falling from 7 758 and 11 437 in the previous two weeks.

While firm conclusions cannot be drawn at this stage, the increase has been linked with the VE Day celebrations on 7th May and unclear messaging from the UK Government:

The graph does not show the trends in the same week for the other countries but in Scotland the downward trend had continued for the sixth week in a row. In the week-ending 15th May, there were 360 excess deaths, down from 389 in the previous week and 587 in the week before that.

6 thoughts on “Did the VE Day celebrations cause excess deaths in England to climb again?

  1. It would appear that waving a Union Jack

    Can be most harmful to your health and may even prove to be fatal
    Personally it would seriously impact my
    Own mental health with most serious consequencies
    And i firmly believe that if you did wave it in a good few foreign countries you are suicidal
    In most other Nations you would become the but of a joke

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      1. Go out stand to attention salute and sing
        Rule Britania
        Let me know at what time you shall so do
        And i shall arrange for a nurse c/w a straight jacket to attend upon you

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      2. For the time being, ignore it.
        In a few years time, you will can admire it outside the rUK embassy in Edinburgh.
        Then after N Ireland and Wales become self-governing, it will be the flag of St George fluttering there—or is that being used by another country? I don’t know.

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      3. I think you need planning permission for a flagpole. So you could get intouch with the councils planning dept.

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