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...some 6,000 deaths had been “exported back to the community because of the closure of the hospitals”.
... “This suggests that the message of stay at home has potentially been interpreted as people who have been unwell have been staying at home and have led to this excess death.”
Fiona Carragher, director of research and influencing, said: “70% of care home residents have dementia and we’re deeply concerned that this indicates an increase in deaths due to dementia, caused by isolation and reduction in care workers.”
Lockdowns and fear, not COVID-19, are to blame for these deaths. For the past 3 weeks, hospitals have been running lean because they're losing money amidst the lockdown, not because they're overwhelmed with case load. The lockdown was meant to retain public confidence in emergency services, but that has been damaged by exaggerations in the media.