48,000 Brits dead after worst winter in 42 years

Daily Star ^ | 7th April 2018 | Hayley Coyle

[george76]

THE UK is being hit by its worst winter death toll in 42 years,

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temperatures are set to dip again in April after the chilliest March in 21 years.

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Campaigners have called the deaths a “national tragedy” as cold weather victims fatalities could be prevented - especially in the elderly.

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this winter is set to total at least 48,000 deaths due to cold weather – which works out at an average of one death every three and a half minutes.

[dfwgator]

Of course, they’ll blame it on Global Warming.

[Truthoverpower]

I know the answer
Ban assault Winter !

[Calvin Locke]

D@mn Global Warming!

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Wow, no excuse for that many deaths.

[BenLurkin]

I don’t believe it.

[SamAdams76]

I wonder how they came up with the 48,000.

People drop dead suddenly all the time. I had two relatives that died from heart attacks while shoveling snow (which is one reason I now hire somebody else for that!). Now did they truly die because of the cold or would they have had their heart attacks anyway?

If somebody dropped dead while gardening on a warm day, was that death caused by it being warm?

[x_plus_one]

Brits don’t have hvac, furnaces or central air. The climate does not justify the expense.

[stylin19a]

It is estimated that 20,275 Brits more than average died between December 1 and March

An additional 2,000 deaths more than average were expected due to cold conditions between March 23 and 31, this winter’s average death rates show.

even taking this at face value, so which is it ? 48,000 ? or 22,275 ?

[dfwgator]

I suspect they lump anyone who died of a heart attack into the total.

[Vaquero]

Socialism Kills! Can you imagine the death rate if Venezuela was at those latitudes??

[dfwgator]

That’s why so many Brits bought winter homes in Spain.

[beethovenfan]

Oh it’s just “weather”. The “climate” is still getting hotter. Uh-huh.

[certrtwngnut]

Cold weather is not a “national tragedy”. Abortion is a “national tragedy”.

[Flag_This]

Sounds very Charles Dickensian.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Deaths from power cuts due to UK’s insane Global Warmunist energy policies?

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

Could the “Daily Star” be exaggerating?

5.56mm

[Jane Long]

Brits don’t have hvac, furnaces or central air. The climate does not justify the expense.

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Not to mention their wretched health system.

I wonder how many of these victims died whilst waiting to see a practitioner? Or, flat put off the dreaded days long wait to be seen in an “E”R?

[Telepathic Intruder]

Not to be reported under any circumstance. It might lead to wrong-thinking.

[dfwgator]

They love to report this, so they can blame it on Theresa May and the Tories.