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THREAD – “The death rate from COVID is only 0.1%” – Oh no it isn’t
I won’t name and shame, but this fake stat also seems to have been sold to some people. Buyer beware
In what is starting to feel like an advent calendar of fact checking, let’s let in some light…
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I won’t name and shame, but this fake stat also seems to have been sold to some people. Buyer beware
In what is starting to feel like an advent calendar of fact checking, let’s let in some light…
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This one is simple
Even a basic calculation shows that the death rate must be much higher than 0.1%
With c.65k people having sadly died *from* CV across England & Wales, that would mean 65M had already caught it
There are only 60M of us here
It’s still spreading
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Even a basic calculation shows that the death rate must be much higher than 0.1%
With c.65k people having sadly died *from* CV across England & Wales, that would mean 65M had already caught it
There are only 60M of us here
It’s still spreading
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Death registrations have nothing to do with any 28-day cut-off period
A fatal car accident is a fatal car accident
Doctors across the country are not all conspiring to put CV on death certificates
If only we could trace the sources of this stuff
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A fatal car accident is a fatal car accident
Doctors across the country are not all conspiring to put CV on death certificates
If only we could trace the sources of this stuff
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Ps – Even if the death rate was “only” 0.1% (which it isn’t), any highly communicable disease which killed 1 in 1,000 people should result in significant research, support and public health action
And then due diligence to review = lessons learned, v important
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And then due diligence to review = lessons learned, v important
4/4 - ENDS
