{"id":724,"date":"2020-08-03T14:11:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T14:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/?p=724"},"modified":"2023-10-31T10:29:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T10:29:32","slug":"uk-expert-says-covid-19-killed-only-sick-people-who-were-going-to-die-this-year-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessner.com\/uk-expert-says-covid-19-killed-only-sick-people-who-were-going-to-die-this-year-anyway\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Expert Says Covid-19 Killed Only Sick People Who Were Going to Die This Year Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to sociology professor Robert Dingwall at Nottingham Trent University, governments and people should have a sense of proportion in regard to the nasty infection that is Covid-19, which, according to his research, simply <em>&#8220;brought deaths forward by a few weeks&#8221;<\/em>, end quote.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Dingwall is also a government advisor and says that 80 percent of the 45,000 people deceased so far due to Coronavirus infection in the United Kingdom (as per official data) had previous life-threatening\/life limiting conditions, and the same goes for the estimated 685,000 worldwide victims so far.<\/p>\n<p>He said in an interview for Daily Express that:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8216;Covid-19 has been linked to about 50,000 deaths in the first 16 weeks of the UK pandemic &#8211; but about 1,000 people normally die every week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In the past five weeks, fewer than usual have died. Covid-19 simply bought deaths forward by a few weeks or months.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Six months into this pandemic, we have learnt that it will not wipe out human life on this planet. It is a nasty infection and every death represents a person loved by someone. But it is time for a sense of proportion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;While some people become seriously ill, and a few die, most shrug it off.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The professor points out in the interview that\u00a0 anyone who is unhealthy enough to die from Covid-19 will probably die anyway from something else this year, and 8 in 10 deaths Covid-19 related had life limiting medical conditions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"ESaZ_Wt5AQY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UK: Anti-mask activists descend on London streets\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ESaZ_Wt5AQY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Robert Dingwall accused the UK government of terrorizing the population with incessant coronavirus messages and death-counts, and in his column also took aim at the scientists who are supporting the lock-down laws. Dingwall says that the narrow minded scientific elite working with the UK government risks eradicating liberty and privacy as well as the country&#8217;s industry:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We have this very strong message which has effectively terrorised the population into believing that this is a disease that is going to kill you. And mostly it isn&#8217;t&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;&#8230;.We have completely lost sight of that in the obsession with deaths.&#8217;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Almost 5 million residents in the area of Greater Manchester, East Lancashire and West Yorkshire are currently under lockdown restrictions from last week. It&#8217;s worth mentioning that Germany saw massive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2020\/08\/01\/protest-in-berlin-against-coronavirus-measures-as-cases-rise\">protests<\/a> this weekend against Covid-19 measures.<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands of protesters marched on Saturday from the Brandenburg gate, without wearing masks or obeying social distancing rules.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/8581\/production\/_113777143_mediaitem113777140.jpg\" alt=\"Demonstrators at the Brandenburg Gate with a banner reading Day of Freedom\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Reuters, AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to sociology professor Robert Dingwall at Nottingham Trent University, governments and people should have a sense of proportion in regard to the nasty infection that is Covid-19, which, according to his research, simply &#8220;brought deaths forward by a few weeks&#8221;, end quote. Robert Dingwall is also a government advisor and says that 80 percent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Sense of Proportion Needed: Covid-19&#039;s Impact on Mortality Questioned by Sociology Professor","_seopress_titles_desc":"Discover the thought-provoking perspective of sociology professor Robert Dingwall on the Covid-19 pandemic, deaths, and its impact on society. Learn about the importance of proportionality and the potential risks of excessive fear and lockdown measures. 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