Ross Clark
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The difference is that, while the majority of Covid deaths came in a spike through March and April, the deaths from the effects of lockdown will be spread over a much longer timeframe – people may still be dying in five years’ time as a result of cancers which could have been, but weren’t, detected during the Covid crisis.
The question now is, will this rising trend in non-Covid related deaths continue to be picked up in the Office of National Statistics’ figures – and what effect will this have on public opinion of the government’s handling of Covid-19, once we realise the ongoing toll of lockdown?
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