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Laura K & Godzilla 🧵

Laura Kuenssberg reports on the government's handling of the Godzilla death toll.

Laura K & Godzilla, part 1 of 4: BBC News / Health / Godzilla attack: how to understand the death toll / Laura Kuenssberg, Political editor, @bbclaurak / 3 April 2020 / Godzilla Attack / [Image: Godzilla towering in dark blue rain, lit by spotlights from a swarm of military aircraft and helicopters around it] / Each day, news of more deaths in the ongoing Godzilla attack is a huge source of alarm to people across the country - as well as a tragedy for the families involved. / Projections of how bad the attack could get have prompted ministers to put the country into lockdown. But what are death figures really telling us? And how bad is it going to get?
Laura K & Godzilla, part 2 of 4: Is Godzilla causing the deaths? / The death figures being reported daily are hospital cases where a person dies after a confirmed interaction with Godzilla - often they may be missing a limb and doctors can determine from the bite mark whether or not the creature was responsible. However, sometimes the wound does not give these clues and therefore it is not possible to ascertain confidently that Godzilla was responsible so this death will not be added to the statistics. / Additionally, what the figures do not tell us is to what extent the monster (itself a contentious term that not all observers believe is fair) is causing a particular death. / It could be the major cause, a contributory factor or simply present when a person was dying of something else. / For example, someone with an underlying heart condition when confronted with the terror of close contact with Godzilla may have a heart attack but they would probably have had one anyway at some point in the future so is it really reasonable to attribute their death solely to the attack? / The government has wisely decided no, so this is a nuanced guide, with examples, as to how these deaths will be counted.
Laura K & Godzilla, part 3 of 4: How should we count the deaths? / Doctor Hayashida, an expert on the ‘King of Monsters’, explained “when we find a body that has been hit with a radiation blast and Goira was in the vicinity it is easy to blame it on him (or her!?). But what if their watch was powered by a tiny thermal nuclear reactor? Or perhaps their body had suddenly decided to combust with the power of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki? These are things that we simply can’t rule out as scientists and people ordered to massage the death figures.” / A large number of people that have died during the attacks have had ongoing health problems like diabetes, asthma or being poor and it would be absurd to assume that many of them would have survived the year even without Godzilla and failing to acknowledge this is, in fact, a form of double counting. / In one particularly difficult case, a young boy with brittle bone disease was trodden on by the creature but experts were unable to deduce whether he would have survived without his pre-existing condition. / Likewise, it would be easy to say that the high numbers of Deliveroo drivers that have died are down to them still being forced to work during the event due to the precariousness of their jobs but has anyone thought that Godzilla may just particularly dislike Brazillian students?
Laura K & Godzilla, part 4 of 4: How many could die? / The Imperial Institute for Kaiju Attack Statistics has suggested that 500,000 people could die if Godzilla were left to rip through the population. / It also warned the government's previous strategy to ask Godzilla nicely to stop attacking and shield the most vulnerable could have led to 250,000 deaths. / Now it is hoped that the prime minister's plan to build a giant mechanized suit of armour, dubbed a “Gundam”, to fight the towering lizard will keep the death toll down to a manageable 249,999 deaths by next Friday. / Here at the BBC all we can say with certainty is that the government is great and has done nothing wrong and you should probably be singing the national anthem right now. God(zilla) save the Queen!
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