News Round-Up
26 July 2024
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech
26 July 2024
by Toby Young
Will immunity from prior Covid infections and vaccines cancel the winter flu season this year, as some are optimistically predicting? Or is this a fool's hope that risks shunting us into a new lockdown?
The latest report from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries includes the encouraging news that 2021 so far is an average year for deaths, but the worrying news of high mortality in the under-65s.
New figures show that cumulative age-adjusted mortality in England and Wales in the first six months of 2021 is 0.4% below the 10-year average, making 2021 among the least deadly years in history.
The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries' mortality monitor this week – without warning or explanation – changed the baseline on a key chart from the ten-year average to 2019 – the least deadly year ever. Why?
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