UK's COVID-19 death toll may be less than half of what the "free press" there has claimed it is
Mark Crispin Miller
Prof Karol Sikora: Covid-19 death toll may be less than half of what has been recorded
In conversation with The Telegraph's Planet Normal podcast, oncologist says medics can too easily put Covid on death certificates
The Covid-19 death toll may be less than half of what has been recorded because many victims of the pandemic would have died soon anyway, one of Britain's leading medics has said.
Professor Karol Sikora, a senior oncologist who has built a huge Twitter following for his positive takes on the virus crisis, said doctors were sometimes too eager to put Covid-19 on death certificates.
Speaking to The Telegraph's Planet Normal podcast – which you can listen to on the player above – Prof Sikora said the virus would be mentioned on death certificates when there was "any hint" that it could have been the cause, without proof, as well as retrospectively over the phone.
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