Fact check: The novel coronavirus outbreak was described as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation in March 2020
https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-pandemic-flu-idUSKBN2872HX Quote:A video featuring a university professor includes at least two misleading claims relating to the nature and severity of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Prof. Dr Dolores Cahill shared a video of herself speaking to her Facebook page on Nov. 22, 2020 in which she said that there was no pandemic, and that the disease has the same death rate as influenza.
VERDICT
False. A pandemic is defined as a worldwide spread of a new disease. COVID-19 fits this definition and has been described as a pandemic by the WHO. Current data suggests COVID-19 has a higher mortality rate than the flu.
Debunked: Several claims about Covid-19 in a video featuring Dolores Cahill are false or misleading
https://www.thejournal.ie/debunked-dolores-cahill-covid-19-video-masks-lockdown-... Quote:A sixteen-minute interview featuring a number of false and misleading claims about Covid-19 was posted on Facebook.
The video, featuring chair of the fringe Irish Freedom Party Professor Dolores Cahill, has since been shared hundreds of times and has over one million views.
It incorrectly claims that Covid-19 vaccines and face masks are unsafe; that several official facts about Covid-19 are wrong; that Covid-19 does not spread as easily as official sources state; and that lockdowns will cause everyone to die an early death.
These claims are untrue, misrepresent the facts and do not stand up to public health advice.
So, another "conspiracy nutter", then?
Oh, and wombatwoody (you're not the MIA The Mechanic, are you?) - you really need to stop using Facebook (and Twitter, etc.) for your information sources.