ONS debunks ‘spurious’ Covid deaths claim shared by David Davis. Suggestion true number of deaths in England and Wales could be as low as 17,000 is factually incorrect, says ONSFollow all the day’s political developments – politics liveClaims shared on social media, including by the former Brexit secretary David Davis, that the true number of deaths in England and Wales caused by Covid 19 could be 17,000 have been debunked as “spurious” and factually incorrect by the Office for National Statistics.The ONS responded following tweets by Davis suggesting that the figure 17,371 represented the toll of deaths that had occurred in people with no other underlying causes. Continue reading… https://ift.tt/3gc8KQZ

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