“Several posts on social media have tried to play down the need for lockdowns by looking at excess deaths figures”
What TheJournal.ie found
Claims which rely on this logic fundamentally misunderstand the effect of national lockdowns on mortality rates and ignore what would happen if no restrictions, or less stringent restrictions, were in place and the spread of Covid-19 went unchecked, and often use incomplete data on registered deaths
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 21 February 2021. TheJournal.ie (Ireland) looked into it and published its finding on 12 March 2021, 19 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
Links recorded by TheJournal.ie. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by TheJournal.ie, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.