Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
According to the Twittersphere, the CDC says only 6% of deaths attributed to Covid-19... and people who allegedly die because of Covid-19 in fact die of other diseases... and many people who get killed in car crashes are counted as Covid deaths if they have Covid 19.... and most of these extra deaths are due to suicides and heart attacks because of lockdown... and, and... maybe people are just dying of old age....
OK, time to fact-check all these internet claims.
CORRECTIONS:
At 2:13 I said ebola "causes" malaria. I should have said it may 'increase the risk' of malaria or 'triggers' malaria.
For the science behind this, see "Exposure to Ebola Virus and Risk for Infection with Malaria Parasites, Rural Gabon," Abbate et al. 2020.
SOURCES:
cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Comorbidities
thevirustruth.com/covid-19
reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/ij2o0q/this_week_the_cdc_quietly_updated_the_covid
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6919e5.htm
nature.com/articles/s41591-020-1112-0
voxeu.org/article/us-excess-mortality-rate-covid-19-substantially-worse-europe-s
cebm.net/covid-19/the-declining-case-fatality-ratio-in-england
livescience.com/covid-19-comorbidities.html
cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Comorbidities
health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/cdc-6-percent-covid-deaths
vox.com/2020/9/1/21410352/cdc-6-percent-covid-19-deaths-comorbidities
reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/ij2o0q/this_week_the_cdc_quietly_updated_the_covid
twitter.com/littllemel/status/1300024392290832387
voxeu.org/article/us-excess-mortality-rate-covid-19-substantially-worse-europe-s
According to the Twittersphere, the CDC says only 6% of deaths attributed to Covid-19... and people who allegedly die because of Covid-19 in fact die of other diseases... and many people who get killed in car crashes are counted as Covid deaths if they have Covid 19.... and most of these extra deaths are due to suicides and heart attacks because of lockdown... and, and... maybe people are just dying of old age....
OK, time to fact-check all these internet claims.
CORRECTIONS:
At 2:13 I said ebola "causes" malaria. I should have said it may 'increase the risk' of malaria or 'triggers' malaria.
For the science behind this, see "Exposure to Ebola Virus and Risk for Infection with Malaria Parasites, Rural Gabon," Abbate et al. 2020.
SOURCES:
cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Comorbidities
thevirustruth.com/covid-19
reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/ij2o0q/this_week_the_cdc_quietly_updated_the_covid
cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6919e5.htm
nature.com/articles/s41591-020-1112-0
voxeu.org/article/us-excess-mortality-rate-covid-19-substantially-worse-europe-s
cebm.net/covid-19/the-declining-case-fatality-ratio-in-england
livescience.com/covid-19-comorbidities.html
cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm#Comorbidities
health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/cdc-6-percent-covid-deaths
vox.com/2020/9/1/21410352/cdc-6-percent-covid-19-deaths-comorbidities
reddit.com/r/Coronavirus/comments/ij2o0q/this_week_the_cdc_quietly_updated_the_covid
twitter.com/littllemel/status/1300024392290832387
voxeu.org/article/us-excess-mortality-rate-covid-19-substantially-worse-europe-s
