Flawed Covid figures

WELL done to bel Mooney for highlighting the way coronavirus deaths are recorded. it seems absurd that all deaths are put down to Covid if there has been a positive test within the previous 28 days.

Suppose traffic accidents were recorded in the same way. if you had a minor collision and were not injured, but 25 days later, you had a heart attack and died, would your death be classed as a road accident?

ANDREW PAYNE, Workington, Cumbria. i agree with bel Mooney that Covid death figures are distorted.

i work for a coroner’s office in the West Country. a death certificate is laid out with 1a as the main cause of death, and 1b and 1c as contributing factors. no 2 can be any medical condition that the deceased was suffering from, but which did not lead to or contribute to their death.

i have seen cases where a person dying of chronic lung disease or cardiac failure may have tested positive for Covid, but it had nothing to do with their death.

However, if it gets listed as no 2 on the death certificate, it is added to the daily Covid figures.

i believe actual deaths due to Covid would be many thousands fewer if the figures were compiled correctly.

STEVE HAWKINS, Truro, Cornwall.

A CHEF has persuaded a gullible court that hugging and kissing a waitress against her will is acceptable in his Turkish homeland (mail).

Don’t try this on your next trip to Turkey. The waitress’s father, husband, boyfriend or the local police will certainly spoil your holiday plans . . .

K. MORRIS, Cavendish, Suffolk.