The above table from the UK Covid Inquiry report, posted today by https://x.com/ammacj makes clear that Scotland had a 14% lower Covid death rate than UK and a 36% lower excess death rate than UK.

The second table, above, make clear the scale of loss not at first apparent in percentages. Had Scotland’s pandemic response strategy been managed by the UK Tory government, 14%, 1 867, more might have died, but BBC Scotland’s view:

As the UK Covid inquiry turns its attention to Scotland, what do the statistics tell us about how many people died in different countries? Our best analysis of Covid deaths over the whole pandemic suggests that Scotland and England were very similar.

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BBC Scotland continues to hide these awful facts.

Why has there been this dramatic difference?

Sturgeon rather than Johnson on message; earlier vaccination into care homes, more facemask compliance, more GPs, more nurses, cleaner hospitals…….