Jun 30, 2020
5 min read
Fixes, Fiddles and Daily Figures
Did UK government ministers ‘downplay’ the COVID-19 peak?
The Guardian reports there were “nearly 1,500 deaths in one day”. This figure is higher than the daily COVID-19 measure. Sir David King said it was “an attempt to play down the adversity that the country was faced with”.
The front page article led to claims of ‘fixing’ and ‘fiddling’ the daily COVID-19 figures. This article examines these claims.
