[renewiltord]

Oh god just click through, dude. Why are so many hn commenters obsessed with these banalities https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde...

I should warn you that you might have to scroll a little, lest you find yourself writing a comment in response before you read section 2.

[CogentHedgehog]

Yup, the data is right there. HN commenters just want to "but aktsualllly..."

The spike in deaths from the UK's first wave is pretty visible in the graphs, and the spike from cases we're seeing now will probably take a few weeks to show up in the data.