Five Wake Up Facts with Useful Context
Comparing annual death rates over the last 30 years, 2020 only ranks 19th highest for England and Wales, why is a pandemic being declared?.
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Research shows lockdown could cost more lives than Covid-19, claiming the equivalent of over 500,000 lives overall due to economic damage.
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The common swab test (PCR test) does not detect a living, infectious and transmissible virus, only fragments of its genetic material which can remain in the body from a past dead infection.
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Labs process swab tests differently, research in the Oxford Academic shows a number of these configurations can produce nearly 100% false positives.
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It is unlikely the first lockdown caused the decline of the first wave, according to a study. Fatal infections seem to have already been falling before lockdown came into effect, when the lag between infection and death is accounted for..
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Joseph's Experience of the 2020 Health Crisis
Joseph chats about his experience as a younger person, dealing with the 2020 health crisis that lead to the world shutdown and lockdowns.
Coping with change is never easy, Joseph talks amongst other things about coping with uncertainty and change.