As the Deputy CMO stated: the only meaningful measure is excess mortality -- all of the raw number comparisons are confounded by how data are measured. (View Post)

And how deaths are recorded... France is only recording deaths directly caused by Coronavirus, while the UK is using a broader definition so that if you died of something else but also were Covid pos… (View Post)

Yes - and different therapies are critical at each. Anti-viral / monoclonal antibodies / plasma to begin with then, if things get worse, drugs to dampen down the immune response. Why designing the ri… (View Post)

Yes, but France only reports deaths directly attributable to Covid - so you really can't compare with the UK where, since it's a notifiable disease, it must be reported whenever it is on the death ce… (View Post)

@Foxy regarding what happens next, are your NHS colleagues getting a better idea of what treatment (e.g., level of oxygen / patients being prone) work better? It will be important for better managing… (View Post)