Naturally - the fact that London had no more excess deaths this week than the average 5 years gone by is NOT the kind of story the media wants. It implies that Covid19 is and always was a trivial virus, less lethal in many cases than Flu or even the Common Cold. You'd think, if that was true, they would rapidly find vaccines... oops, sorry, they have.
www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4500