Covid lockdown: Seven lasting claims that are actually checked

Opposition to the British exclusion has led to street protests and campaigns on social media.

Many of the grievances expressed are fueled by false and misleading allegations.

We have examined seven of the most common examples.

Pronunciation: This figure and similar figures commonly shared are incorrect.

This may not seem like a big difference, but it does mean that about 70 out of 10,000 people are expected to die – not three out of 10,000.

The death rate is much higher for older and more vulnerable people.

And many people in all age groups suffer from the virus in the long run.

Staying at home and the economic impact of the pandemic have undoubtedly taken a toll on the mental health of people.

However, shared reports that suicides increased by 200% during the pandemic are false.

Pronunciation: Influenza, a serious respiratory virus can be fatal – but there are vaccinations and treatments available. Vaccines for Covid-19 have only recently been launched, and now more effective treatments are available.

The long-term effects of Covid can also be much worse for many people and are more contagious than flu.

Covid is also more lethal, says Prof Andrew Pekosz, faculty director at Johns Hopkins University in the United States.

“Covid-19 has a higher morbidity and mortality rate than influenza in all age groups, except perhaps children under the age of 12.”

Pronunciation: More than 125,000 Covid deaths have been recorded so far in the UK.

There are different ways to record these deaths, but everyone broadly agrees on the extent of the crisis.

About 90% of the deaths where Covid appeared on the death certificate, according to the ONS, were attributed to the virus as the underlying cause by a doctor.

The ONS total is in line with the score of Public Health England, which looks at everyone who died within a positive test within 28 days, as well as the number of excess deaths, measured at an average of five years.

According to the three national statistical agencies of the United Kingdom, it is almost attributed to coronavirus.

Pronunciation: It is true that Sweden had a lower mortality rate than the United Kingdom, but that it fared significantly worse than its neighbors, all of which had stricter initial restrictions on closure.

Many people opposed to Covid’s restrictions point to the example of Sweden, a country that did not have to impose compulsory lock-up at the start of the pandemic, and instead gave voluntary advice.

However, Sweden is a very different country from the United Kingdom and has features that may have helped it during the pandemic.

Compared to other Scandinavian countries with similar population profiles, Sweden fared much worse and recorded a significantly higher number of deaths than its neighbors, which had stricter restrictions during most of the pandemic.

It is difficult to separate all the factors that could have caused it, but the absence of strict closure measures would probably have contributed to that.

There is also no evidence that Sweden’s economy performed better than its neighbors.

Although Sweden has chosen not to end early in the pandemic, with pubs, restaurants and shops remaining open, increasingly legally binding restrictions have been imposed over the past five months.

These include a ban on public gatherings of eight or more people, restrictions on the number of shops, gyms and on bookable public transport and stop serving food and drink after 8pm.

The deaths reported daily have been declining since early January, but the infection rate remains high.

Pronunciation: The hospitals were very busy, especially during the winter months, but the NHS was able to do so, mainly due to restructuring and lock-in restrictions.

The stress on critical care beds was acute, along with the required specialist staff.

Some non-Covid-related treatments have been temporarily suspended and wards have been restructured to ensure that the virus does not spread, which necessarily means fewer beds are available.

In some hospitals, the total occupancy rate may have been lower than expected, but a major effort has been made to ensure sufficient spare capacity to cope with increases in coronavirus cases.

Coronavirus has also had a huge impact on staff, with a large number of people being ill or isolating themselves.

The PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test is considered the most reliable way to detect coronavirus.

The process was invented in the 1990s, long before Covid appeared, by California scientist Kary Mullis. At a public event, he once said, “If you do it well with PCR, you can find almost anything in anyone.”

It has since been used to discredit PCR tests for Covid, but this criticism is unfounded.

Mr. Mullis referred to the high sensitivity of his test.

PCR testing can pick up a little bit of virus, so it is possible for someone to get a positive result if they go to test days or weeks after an infection and are no longer contagious.

However, it is unlikely to have a significant effect on the number of cases, and people tend to do a test if they have symptoms.