UK Covid death toll

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Possibly SM - if that's the case it isn't excess deaths and that's what I think Billy is getting confused over. To get a real understanding it has to be like for like.

Indeed - I was close

"[font="Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]Therefore, our standard method defines the winter period as December to March and compares the number of deaths that occurred in this winter period with the average number of deaths occurring in the preceding August to November and the following April to July. The calculation used is: EWD = winter deaths - average non winter deaths"[/font]

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationa...o2017final

Absolutely no use for comparing deaths in this year with any other year or a 5 year average then