So august deaths are all counted in the "First Wave" tally? I just want to be clear on this before I read anyone's arguments!
Yes, that's one classification. Another would be earlier.
You're not going to get people to agree. Heck there were plenty of people saying there wouldn't be a second wave, or if there was it'd be small and so not really a wave.
The third peak reference is not really semantics, it's carefully said by mcwobble. We're lucky and got a vaccine slightly earlier than expected (in small numbers). A politician saying a third wave is problematic as it suggests ooh 'lockdown' and christmas coming, vaccine and all that it's going to disappear and then come back for a third wave and it inevitably surprising some out there.