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From: bml00
12/21/20
a GIRL with Asthma - what happened to the people who died in the 40's and 50's and 60's with SMOG created by coal usage etc ?
BM
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
12/22/20
It wasn't legally attributed to the smog.
That's the landmark moment.
From: bml00
12/22/20
smog WAS man made and killed thousands , the sad death of this Young girl is very bad but so were the deaths of thousands during the years that SMOG was on going
BM
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
12/24/20
Yes, but it was never the "official" cause of death.
"Respiratory failure" was probably written on the death certificate.
That's the point.
From: bml00
12/24/20
According to Wilki Great Smog of London 1952 in 5 days it killed 4000 people according to Govt estimates according to Modern Estimates it was somewhere between 10 to 12,000
What they put on the Death Certificate would be irrelevant SMOG was a man made phenomenon and it killed people stone bleeding dead
BM
From: el gringo (ramseylurker)
12/24/20
SQUADDYB said:What tosh, the coroner is a twat!
Wow......................just wow.
- Edited December 25, 2020 1:19 pm by el gringo (ramseylurker)
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
1/1/21
bml00 said:What they put on the Death Certificate would be irrelevant
No. This is the whole point.
It's as significant at the first time smoking was put on a death certificate as the cause.
It sets a legal precedent.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
1/3/21
PM Johnson could lose his seat and majority at next election - poll
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is on course to lose his own seat and neither of the two main political parties is likely to win an outright majority at the next general election, not due until 2024, according to a new poll.
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