Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-05-03 12:12:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2A1C8750C8F40185CFA497BD7375C8F5702F5EF9F808FDBBBB5E8B54115A8C4D
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Original Note:
The chart is wrong. Midazolam prescriptions peaked in April 2020 not March 2020. The same month as excess deaths, caused by the peak in SARS-CoV-2 infections in March. The cause of excess deaths was COVID, not midazolam. Midazolam https://openprescribing.net/chemical/1501041T0/ Covid infections https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/now-casting/report-on-nowcasting-and-forecasting-29th-april-2022/ Excess deaths https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales
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