Cambodia during the pandemic

[Uranus]

The Guardian and the BBC can always find some scare stories, but ignore those and look at the statistics.

I guess Fox News is your source of information on the Covid pandemic.

[goji]

I guess Fox News is your source of information on the Covid pandemic.

I check the data, since the average journalist cannot be relied upon to report accurately.
For the most recent month with a set of ONS data,(June 2021), Covid is not even in the top 10 for causes of death in England & Wales.

Also, since the start of the pandemic, the number of deaths within 28 days of a positive test in England & Wales are (for example)
Male 20~24: 39
Male 70-74: 7028

The 20~24 year old death rate is just over 0.5 deaths per week. That's deaths within 28 days of a covid test, so other causes of death are included within this stat.
Actually, the only person I knew who has died of covid was in his 80s, on his death bed anyway and caught covid in one of our hospitals. But he's counted as a covid death.

Also, the 0.5 deaths per week in the 20~24 year old group is mostly pre-vaccination. Once the vaccine effect kicks in, it's probably going to be under a tenth of that.
Being a few years past 50, I'm not worried about my chances of death post vaccination.
Those under 30 & in good health shouldn't be worried pre or post vaccination.

[vnman]

Also, since the start of the pandemic

That's the point. Those numbers don't mean a thing with the new variants in play.