Baffled by excess deaths, British 'experts' rule out vaccines
Though they are unsure of what is causing a dangerous rise in excess deaths, British media and “medical experts” have conclusively ruled out COVID-19 vaccines as a possible cause.
The UK has been mystified for months over an increase in unexplained deaths, which has academics and media operatives searching for answers. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), there were 32,000 more deaths than usual between May and December last year against the five-year national average, excluding deaths from COVID-19. Cumulative deaths are highest among the 15-44 age group.
Several hypotheses have been put forward, including UK Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty’s claim that the deaths were caused by a drop in heart medication prescriptions, though no such drop was found. Others tried blaming the deaths on doctors’ strikes, though the British Medical Association refuted this claim as well. In May, the Mirror suggested “climate change” may be a factor because “[h]eat in particular persistently returns during the summer, and given climate change will only continue to pose such a fatal threat.”
Now “medical experts” are calling for an investigation into the excess deaths, primarily out of concern that the COVID-19 vaccines might be blamed.
Visiting doctor service Doctorcall Medical Director Dr. Charles Levinson says the government’s “radio silence” is giving way to “dangerous theories,” which Express UK clarifies are coming from “anti-vaxxers”.
“A refusal to openly discuss these statistics is an abdication of responsibility from parts of the scientific community, leading to an irreversible erosion of trust by parts of society,” said Levinson. “There has been radio silence on the crisis from almost all, leaving a vacuum which is being filled by dangerous theories.”
Oxford University’s Centre for Evidence-based Medicine Director Professor Carl Heneghan also called for an investigation into the rising death toll, though he said any suggestion involving vaccines is “wild speculation”.
“There has been a complete failure by the Government to investigate these deaths correctly. This means we don’t know how to prevent further unnecessary deaths, fuelling wild speculation about the drivers,” said Heneghan.
Another worrying and so far “unexplained” trend in Great Britain is a 50% increase in heart arrhythmia. Around 1 in 45 Britons now suffer from atrial fibrillation, or irregular heartbeat, according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
The BHF analyzed data from the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and found that the number of atrial fibrillation cases has “astonishingly” topped 1.5 million, a rapid growth from one million cases in 2013.
Atrial fibrillation is the most common form of heart arrhythmia. Without treatment, it can cause blood clots to form in the heart which increase the chance of stroke. While symptoms can include dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat and others, there are sometimes no obvious symptoms at all.
According to Sky News, the BHF believes there may be an additional 270,000 with the illness who are unaware of it.