[Crimson Dynamo]

• Anger at attack from Department of Health and Social Care's Twitter account in effort to rubbish report
• Mail article raised questions about government's handling of crisis and challenged official scaremongering
• Pointed out wildly inaccurate government predictions on the number of potential coronavirus deaths
• MPs said 'this is what good journalism is about' and 'open debate is essential' while criticising government
• Department of Health and Social Care tried to rubbish article out of hand by calling it 'misleading'

Anger flared last night after the Department of Health and Social Care’s
Twitter account was used in an effort to rubbish a report challenging official scaremongering by analysing key facts about the coronavirus pandemic.

Under the headline ‘Covid: What They Don’t Tell You’, a two-page article in
yesterday’s Daily Mail raised multiple questions about the manner in which
the Government has dealt with the crisis.

It pointed out that Government predictions on the number of the potential
deaths from the virus were wildly inaccurate. In a July report commissioned
by Chief Medical Officer Sir Patrick Vallance, scientists predicted that there
could be 119,000 fatalities if a second wave coincided with a peak of winter
flu – but the actual figure has so far turned out to be less than half of that.

The article also pointed out the number of deaths are not far above average
for this time of year and that only 31 per cent of intensive care unit beds in
hospitals are currently occupied by Covid patients.











https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-analysis.html