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Covid 19: England’s excess mortality
Covid-19: “protecting the NHS” encourages people with symptoms to stay at home
BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3515 (Published 11 September 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m3515- Leone Ridsdale, professor emeritus
- King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, London SE5 8AF, UK
- leone.ridsdale{at}kcl.ac.uk
There are many reasons for England having the highest excess mortality for covid-19.1234 As the government became aware of the risk of demand for hospital beds and staff overwhelming supply, it launched costly mitigating strategies.5
Potentially the most effective mitigating strategy was cheap—a message perfectly tailored to British sensibilities: “Stay home. Protect the NHS. …
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