The first July with over 3000 notices
This July we have seen 653 more deaths than July of 2020. That’s an increase of 27.6%1July 2020 = 2362. July 2024 = 3015. See the maths for yourself on Calculator.net
Taking a broader view, these 3015 notices bring us to 21956 so far in 2024. This is up 2003 (10%) on the 19953 recorded by this stage of 2020.2Calculator.net3(2nd August update: Apologies. In the first issue of this post year-to-date figures up to and including June had been given. As you’ll see in this corrected version, when July is included, the year-to-date figure for 2024 is actually 10% ahead of 2020 (not 7.7% as suggested in the first version). Again, apologies for the mistake and if you have shared the original inaccurate post please consider deleting/updating/replacing it as appropriate. Thank you.)
Do you remember 2020 – when ministers, media, medical professionals, public servants, schools, universities, celebrities, sports clubs, corporations, unions and more were up-in-arms about the (supposedly) vast numbers dying?!
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- 1July 2020 = 2362. July 2024 = 3015. See the maths for yourself on Calculator.net
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- 3(2nd August update: Apologies. In the first issue of this post year-to-date figures up to and including June had been given. As you’ll see in this corrected version, when July is included, the year-to-date figure for 2024 is actually 10% ahead of 2020 (not 7.7% as suggested in the first version). Again, apologies for the mistake and if you have shared the original inaccurate post please consider deleting/updating/replacing it as appropriate. Thank you.)