BBC News has admitted that vaccines against Covid-19 caused “excessive deaths” in 2022, according to a publication. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who was elected leader of the Conservative Party later that year, and he. Thus he became the Prime Minister of England.
In the text of the publication, this Facebook user writes “BBC News finally admits what many independent media outlets have reported in recent years: that Covid vaccines cause ‘excessive deaths’ among the vaccinated population”. The link associated with this publication (and in the stamp in the corner of the image) is from Tribuna Nacional, a Brazilian website known for spreading misinformation – it has several cases related to Covid-19, which you can see here and here, for example.
In turn, the Tripuna National website supports its analysis in a report published by The Exposé, another website dedicated to disseminating false information – such as fact-checking about the vaccine against Covid-19, which has already been clarified by some observers. 19. .
There is a text It was published on the BBC News website on January 10 this year, with the headline “Excess deaths in 2022 among worst in 50 years” is the origin of these publications. However, this post which is going viral does not say what is the reason for it.
The article in question reflects the reasons for the increase in the number of deaths recorded in the United Kingdom in 2022, “more than 650 thousand – 9% more than in 2019”, “one of the highest deaths outside of epidemics in 50 years”. BBC News points out that “although this is well below the peak levels of the epidemic”, the figure “raises questions about why more people are still dying than normal”. The reasons, he concludes, are “the effect of the pandemic on health” and “the pressure on England’s National Health Service”.
Regarding Covid specifically, the text says, “The epidemic is associated with fewer deaths now than at the beginning. About 38,000 deaths are due to Covid in 2022, compared to more than 95,000 deaths in 2020. Regarding vaccines in particular, “statistics up to June 2022, looking at deaths from all causes, show that unvaccinated people are more likely to die than vaccinated people.”
Conclusion
BBC News does not admit that vaccines against Covid caused excess deaths in 2022, as a publication shared on social networks alleges. The article reflects the increase in the number of deaths recorded in the United Kingdom that year and concludes that this was the main cause. Effects of epidemics on health and problems in the British National Health Service. The article specifically talks about vaccines, but data collected “through June 2022” shows that unvaccinated people are “more likely to die than vaccinated people.”
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