UK Covid death toll

[Ted Maul]

"Britain’s death toll during the pandemic was below average for western Europe, an international comparison has concluded.

Although recorded numbers who died of Covid are higher in Britain than in countries such as France and Germany, the gap vanishes when looking at excess deaths. Sir Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, favoured using this broader measure, which tracks how many more people have died than average, as a better way of making comparisons."

Interesting from the Sunday Times, yesterday.

Doesn't this just mean that in general we're worse at keeping people alive than countries such as France and Germany?