How one misinformation strategy understated Covid-19 deaths twice
The recent misinformation about Covid deaths in the UK, it turns out, is an exact replay of misinformation on Covid deaths spread based on misuse of CDC data in August/September 2020.
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0:00 Introduction
1:34 CDC Covid death statistics in August-September 2020
1:55 Misinformation of CDC death statistics in the US
4:00 from the CDC in the US to the ONS in the UK
4:59 Dr. John Campbell falsely claims UK may be overcounting Covid deaths by 7-9 fold
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Here's a Danish study from April 2020 showing lower mortality for those without any co-morbidiities. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.11...
Here's Dr. John Campbell himself discussing the issue in April 2020, but very differently than he presents it in January 2022 • Thursday 16th April, Death rates