Misleading
Current COVID-19 mortality rate does not predict the future probability of dying from the disease
Claim:
“Chance of NOT dying from Covid-19: 99.96%”
Articles tagged with
Mortality
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Source: Facebook, Facebook user, 2020-08-16 -
Mostly accurate
COVID-19 is among the leading causes of death worldwide so far in 2020, but beware of incomplete graphs
Claim:
COVID-19 became a leading cause of death globally by the end of May 2020.
Source: Flourish, Gavin Wood, 2020-05-31 -
German Ministry employee makes unsupported claim that COVID-19 pandemic is a global false alarm in widely circulated yet unsolicited opinion article
Claim:
German government leaked document declares COVID-19 is “a global false alarm”
Source: NewsPunch, Baxter Dmitry, 2020-06-02 -
Misleading
Mortality in the U.S. noticeably increased during the first months of 2020 compared to previous years
Claim:
The U.S. is not losing “tons more lives in 2020” compared to 2019 (18,433) ... the increase is virtually non-existent
Source: Gateway Pundit, Facebook, Candace Owens, Joe Hoft, 2020-05-13
