We’ve released our latest bulletin for deaths registered in England and Wales for week ending 1 January 2021.

These data have been affected by the Boxing Day and New Year’s Day bank holidays, and do not represent year-to-date

The provisional number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 1 January 2021 (Week 53) was 10,069.

This was 1,451 less than Week 52 https://t.co/YOyHMfbDYM
In the week ending 1 January, the provisional number of deaths registered was 26.6% (2,115 deaths) above the five-year average.

This increase should be treated with caution due to the bank holidays https://t.co/oowytBOZcS
Of the 10,069 deaths registered in Week 53, 3,144 mentioned #COVID19 on the death certificate (31.2% of all deaths).

This has risen by 232 #COVID19 deaths since the previous week https://t.co/KtySaidOd4
Of the 3,144 deaths involving #COVID19, 87.2% had this recorded as the underlying cause of death.

Of the 2,494 deaths involving influenza and pneumonia, 7.5% had these as the underlying cause https://t.co/1r1gvOrJ2z
Of deaths involving #COVID19 registered up to Week 53, 55,372 deaths (67.8%) occurred in hospitals. The remainder mainly occurred in

▪️ care homes (20,661)
▪️ private homes (3,942)
▪️ hospices (1,100)

➡️ https://t.co/ZJAHvHgJfo
The number of deaths involving #COVID19 decreased in four out of nine English regions but continued to increase in

▪️ the North West
▪️ the East of England
▪️ London
▪️ the South East
▪️ the South West

https://t.co/EQaom7H3V9
In Wales, there were 310 deaths registered in Week 53 involving #COVID19, an increase compared with the 278 deaths registered in Week 52 https://t.co/5XZUMSPmoq
In England, of all deaths that occurred up to 1 January 2021 (registered up 9 January), 79,180 involved #COVID19.

For the same period @DHSCgovuk reported 65,080 #COVID19 death notifications (where the death occurred within 28 days of a positive test) https://t.co/joLPCzmVC8
For Wales up to 1 January 2021 (registered up to 9 January), our data show 5,169 deaths involved #COVID19.

@DHSCgovuk reported 3,564 COVID-19 death notifications in this time, based on @PublicHealthW data where death occurred within 28 days of testing https://t.co/zEbIjpzijd
ONS figures for date of death are based on deaths registered up to 9 January 2021 and may increase as more deaths are registered.

@DHSCgovuk reports on date of notification and only include deaths reported up to 5pm the day before https://t.co/ABPcYn5B8X

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I don't normally do threads like this but I did want to provide some deeper thoughts on the below and why having a video game based on a real world war crime from the same people that received CIA funding isn't the best idea.

This will go pretty in depth FYI.


The core reason why I'm doing this thread is because:

1. It's clear the developers are marketing the game a certain way.

2. This is based on something that actually happened, a war crime no less. I don't have issues with shooter games in general ofc.

Firstly, It's important to acknowledge that the Iraq war was an illegal war, based on lies, a desire for regime change and control of resources in the region.

These were lies that people believed and still believe to this day.

It's also important to mention that the action taken by these aggressors is the reason there was a battle in Fallujah in the first place. People became resistance fighters because they were left with nothing but death and destruction all around them after the illegal invasion.

This is where one of the first red flags comes up.

The game is very much from an American point of view, as shown in the description.

When it mentions Iraqi civilians, it doesn't talk about them as victims, but mentions them as being pro US, fighting alongside them.

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