*Covid coughing link 'may be stopping people with lung cancer coming forward'.*

The delay in detecting and treating lung cancer can be fatal.

The UK's National Health Service has also caused delays in testing for and treating cancer, by being slow. People are dying from that. Covid-19 made this a lot worse, but it was starting before.

The NHS did a pretty good job, given the inadequate funding that governments gave it. However, plutocratist governments have cut its funds step by step over many years. Under those conditions, it will become less and less effective — but don't blame the NHS for that.