“Killed by the Lockdown”
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Experts shocked by the rise in NON-Covid-19 deaths

Penelope

I have hens. Normally they think s-l-o-w-l-y. I pat my knee in invitation to Big Mama. She looks at me, cocks her head, imagines what might be in my closed hand & finally jumps up– sometimes a full 30 seconds later. But let another hen give an alarm call and she is instantly under the bushes: The fear reflex has taken over, obliterating the necessity for thought. Maybe a human equivalent explains this:

Killed by the Lockdown

“England and Wales have experienced a record number of deaths in a single week, with 6,000 more than average for this time of year. The figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the highest weekly death total in England and Wales — 16,387 — since recording began in 2005, but many were not recorded as being…