Covid Policy Killed People, lots of them, says UK National Statistics Office.

The estimates, made by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and analysts from several government departments, suggest there were 38,500 excess deaths in England connected to Covid-19 between March and 1 May.    However, the report concludes 41% of those deaths were the result of missed medical care rather than the virus itself.    Of the 16,000 deaths, the paper estimates 6,000 were as a result of a "significant reduction in A&E attendances and emergency admissions".   ..  Although the calculations found that 2,500 lives may have been saved by people adopting healthier lifestyles during lockdown, the modelling suggests there could be a further 26,000 excess deaths by March 2021 as a result of ongoing restrictions to medical care.