while deaths FROM covid remains essentially level in Denmark as cases plummet 

Lifted legal restrictions 1st November

https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1493465973952757760

https://inews.co.uk/news/science/why-denmarks-covid-deaths-hospitalisations-going-up-lifts-pandemic-restrictions-1478566

Mortality due to COVID-19 in Denmark is not increasing as much as are case numbers

https://en.ssi.dk/news/news/2022/mortality-due-to-covid-19-in-denmark-is-not-increasing-as-much-as-are-case-numbers

The Omicron variant has led to an increasing proportion of deaths “with” COVID-19 rather than deaths “due to” COVID-19

Number of people dying within 30 days of a positive Covid test

SSI compared those numbers to death certificates

90% in agreement

Omicron wave

Many had virus all at once

Much lower death rate

90% down to 30% dying from the virus

US

https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailydeaths

Covid symptom tracker

https://covid.joinzoe.com

UK current data

https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk

ONS

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights

UK Prevalence, week ending 19 February

3.84% in England (1 in 25 people,) 

3.23% in Wales (1 in 30 people) 

7.23% in Northern Ireland (1 in 14 people) 

4.57% in Scotland (1 in 20 people)

Long covid, as of 2 January 2022

1.3 million people

2.1% of the population

Of those reporting long COVID symptoms

42% were experiencing these symptoms for at least a year

Symptoms adversely affected the day-to-day activities of 63%) of those with self-reported long COVID.  

Fatigue (50%)

Shortness of breath (37%)

Loss of smell (37%)

Loss of taste (28%)

Prevalence of LC

Long COVID more common aged 35 to 69 years
Females

People living in more deprived areas

Those working in health or social care or teaching and education

People with another health condition or disability. 

Long covid in primary school children

1.0% met all the criteria for long COVID at some point since March 2020. 

20.0% had a positive COVID-19 test of any kind since March 2020

Secondary school pupils

2.7% met all the criteria for long COVID at some point since March 2020. 

FDA tweet on chocolate

https://twitter.com/us_fda/status/1471465303863349256?lang=en-GB

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/allergic-milk-some-dark-chocolate-labeled-dairy-free-may-still-contain-milk