I was quite certain epedemeological studies puts winter mortality higher than summer.
“There were an estimated 25,400 excess winter deaths in England and Wales in 2009/10.”
“In common with other countries, England and Wales experience higher levels of mortality in the winter than in the summer. A measure of this increase is provided on an annual basis, in the form of the excess winter mortality (EWM) figure and index (see Box 1). More details about how EWM is calculated are available in the Methods section on page 11. The elderly are more vulnerable than others during the winter, hence policies aimed at tackling EWM, such as winter fuel payments (Directgov, 2010), and influenza vaccinations (NHS Choices, 2010), particularly focus on older people. Although EWM is associated with low temperatures, conditions directly relating to cold, such as hypothermia, are not the main cause of excess winter mortality. The majority of additional winter deaths are caused by cerebrovascular diseases, ischaemic heart disease and respiratory diseases (The Eurowinter group, 1997). Although cancer causes more than a quarter of all deaths annually, previous research (Johnson and Griffiths, 2003) found that there was no clear seasonal pattern for these deaths.”
Yes, it is past due. I think this climate thingy set everything back off schedule. But yeh, some bird virus or killer flu or maybe we can recycle mad cow………
That’s it! I’m moving to Alaska….
Florida the state of the living dead.
I was quite certain epedemeological studies puts winter mortality higher than summer.
“There were an estimated 25,400 excess winter deaths in England and Wales in 2009/10.”
“In common with other countries, England and Wales experience higher levels of mortality in the winter than in the summer. A measure of this increase is provided on an annual basis, in the form of the excess winter mortality (EWM) figure and index (see Box 1). More details about how EWM is calculated are available in the Methods section on page 11. The elderly are more vulnerable than others during the winter, hence policies aimed at tackling EWM, such as winter fuel payments (Directgov, 2010), and influenza vaccinations (NHS Choices, 2010), particularly focus on older people. Although EWM is associated with low temperatures, conditions directly relating to cold, such as hypothermia, are not the main cause of excess winter mortality. The majority of additional winter deaths are caused by cerebrovascular diseases, ischaemic heart disease and respiratory diseases (The Eurowinter group, 1997). Although cancer causes more than a quarter of all deaths annually, previous research (Johnson and Griffiths, 2003) found that there was no clear seasonal pattern for these deaths.”
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/pdfdir/deaths1110.pdf
Telling the truth has nothing to do with nothing…
…the object is to scare as many people as possible
children included
Please, show more respect or Big Green Brother won’t protect us.
Isn’t it about time for a new WHO-Big Pharma tag team pandemic scare? Or are they waiting for Libya and Japan to quiet down for maximum effect?
Yes, it is past due. I think this climate thingy set everything back off schedule. But yeh, some bird virus or killer flu or maybe we can recycle mad cow………