Quote Originally Posted by Eric Cartman View Post
I can't say I am as keen as you are when it comes to reading newspapers but my recollection of this summer was that as a collective the media barely mentioned covid other than to say how well the vaccine rollout was going. During July, August and September UK case rates were completely out of line with other countries in Europe because of social distancing regulations being relaxed and the governing party's frankly childish stance on masks. It was barely mentioned that we were having 20k+ cases and 100+ deaths a day compared to a virtual flat line in other countries. I don't remember you talking about it much either, which is odd because you love comparing covid stats between countries. Hmmm
Yes, the UK's case rates rose, as did the death rate moderately. We did relax to a greater extent than some countries, primarily due to vaccines, also perhaps a more libertarian minded government. I think you are right, there was far less reporting on Covid at this time, primarily because the second wave had ended and cases were vastly reduced.

Nonetheless, in the months you mention, we were 16th in Europe for deaths per capita. A kind of figure I would suggest that would result in relatively calm reporting
https://ourworldindata.org/explorers...BR~CAN~DEU~FRA