Poor, biased reporting of daily covid death statistics without perspective creates fear
BMJ 2021; 372 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n640 (Published 08 March 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;372:n640
- Holly Young, consultant palliative medicine
- Croydon University Hospital, Thornton Heath CR7 7YE, UK
- holly.young3{at}nhs.net
Abbasi calls for redress for the mishandling of the pandemic.1 But mainstream media outlets report daily death statistics in a way that does not support understanding or provide perspective of what is an inevitable and natural process, reinforcing the United Kingdom’s terror of death by creating fear with poor and biased reporting.
The UK’s ageing population were disproportionally affected by SARS-CoV-2, with the average age of death being 81 for men and 85 for women, compared with 79.4 and 83.1, respectively, in 2019.23 A total of 530 841 deaths occurred in …
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