# A sad day

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Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784)
Published: 2026-07-13T01:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Excess deaths, non covid Our world in data https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-mortality-p-scores-average-baseline?country=CAN~AUS~IRL~USA~GBR~NZL~NLD~ITA https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights#deaths Covid in decline E.g. US, 14 day change Cases, down 21% Hospitalized, down 13% Deaths, down 13% Excess deaths Week ending 26 August 2022 Registered COVID-19 deaths = 505 Decrease from 622 last week Total number of deaths registered in the UK 12,330 15.4% above the five-year average (1,646 excess deaths for the week) Covid deaths, 4.1% of all deaths Australia https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/why-are-more-people-dying-in-australia-many-questi Excess deaths for 2022 16.6% https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiYmUwNmFhMjYtNGZhYS00NDk2LWFlMTAtOTg0OGNhNmFiNGM0IiwidCI6ImVlNGUxNDk5LTRhMzUtNGIyZS1hZDQ3LTVmM2NmOWRlODY2NiIsImMiOjh9 Last 19 weeks, English data Excess deaths is in all age groups 0 to 24 years 25 to 49 years 50 to 64 years Excess deaths from specific causes Ischaemic heart disease Heart failure Cancer Acute respiratory Chronic respiratory Diabetes Urinary, Liver and cirrhosis, Parkinsons Proximal versus distal causes Distal causes Health care access issues Waiting lists for treatment Fear from attending during lockdowns Telephone triage Review of long-term treatments Delayed diagnosis Long covid Post covid syndromes (Covid sequelae) Lock down sequelae Physical Psychogenic https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/11161123 https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9891785 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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