“But what we do know as well is that the Omicron variant is 75 per cent less severe than the Delta variant and previous variants.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Frydenberg's claim is oversimplified. It is clear from a variety of academic studies that Omicron causes less severe disease than Delta. What is less clear is the magnitude of this reduced severity and the contribution of previous infection or vaccination. Mr Frydenberg's claim is commensurate with two studies which were conducted in South Africa, but these studies do not unpick the relative reductions in the incidence of severe outcomes due to vaccination, previous infection and reduced v...
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In short
Josh Frydenberg (Treasurer) made this claim around 31 January 2022. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 10 March 2022, 38 days later. Its rating was “Oversimplified”.
Josh Frydenberg has 9 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 7 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
Where the claim appeared
- ministers.treasury.gov.auhttps://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/josh-frydenberg-2018/transcripts/interview-pa…
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