“Doherty Institute modelling predicts that even with 70 per cent of the population vaccinated, 80 people will die each day from COVID once the outbreak reaches six months after it started. That is 2,240 who will die each month.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Ms Palaszczuk's claim is misleading. The outcome the Premier selected refers to a graph in the modelling report, which contains the results of just one of the scenarios modelled by the Doherty Institute. The graph contains a range of modelled outcomes for daily deaths over six months. Ms Palaszczuk has chosen an extreme outcome, which shows 80 daily deaths at the end of the six months. Experts told Fact Check the modelling showed a lower central estimate and the larger figure used by Ms Palas...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Annastacia Palaszczuk (Queensland Premier) made this claim around 2 September 2021. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 23 September 2021, 21 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- documents.parliament.qld.gov.auhttps://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/events/han/2021/2021_09_02_WEEKLY.pdf
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