“The lack of hospitalisations from flu is because cases are mistakenly being diagnosed as Covid-19”
Niall Boylan
Radio presenter. Claim dated 29 Dec 2020.
TheJournal.ie rated thisFalse
What TheJournal.ie found
There is no evidence that the flu is being misdiagnosed as Covid-19.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Niall Boylan (Radio presenter) made this claim around 29 December 2020. TheJournal.ie (Ireland) looked into it and published its finding on 23 January 2021, 25 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/TheIrishInquiry/photos/a.151412973200419/208854717456244/?type=3…
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