• Also reported on Newsnight that the Department for Health changed the way the death stats are compiled so the figures now require family consent to be included, so todays total is just for deaths today but lags as it captures some they only just consent for but also excludes some

    This is really worrying - it means we simply can't trust the figures. Or will they release the true figure a few days later?

  • Why is family consent needed to gather an anonymous statistic like that?

    To allow the government to massage the figure, I submit.

  • Wonder the same thing. Can't see why an individual should have any right to impact statistics as long as its properly anonymised

  • They haven’t been very anonymised.
    As discussed very early on in this thread.
    I’d imagine they’ll be reported just as a death unless consent is given for age, condition etc.

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