UK: Calls for “gendered perspective” on COVID-19 conceal class issues
more due to the impact of policies introduced to prevent disease transmission.” (emphasis added).
It is difficult to conceive of a more inane, contemptible statement, which would draw a storm of protest were the outcomes reversed. But such is the conclusion of a study by researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE), promoted by the
Guardian newspaper.
Officially, nearly 3.4 million people have died from COVID internationally. This is a vast underestimation due to under-reporting. The
Economist magazine estimates this is at best less than half the total, and at worst one-quarter. Using the total of excess deaths globally, it puts the probable real figure at 10.2 million.