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Do epidemiological measures kill as many people as the virus?

Several marginal websites shared Gordan Lauc’s claim suggesting that epidemiological measures kill as many people as Covid-19. We checked to see if Lauc’s claim has a substantial basis.

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It is not true that vaccination reduces immunity against omicron

The marginal website Epoha is spreading an inaccurate claim that the UK Health Security Agency acknowledges that vaccinated people have reduced immunity against the omicron strain of the new coronavirus.

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No 79,000 “severe reactions” to Covid-19 vaccines have been reported in Australia

Several websites have published an incorrect claim that the Australian government has acknowledged a widespread of severe reactions to vaccines against Covid-19.

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Vaccinated people are not to blame for the virus mutation

The website Provjeri.hr claims that virus mutations are a reaction to vaccination. This is a misinterpretation of the phenomenon of antimicrobial resistance.

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The omicron strain was not “announced” several months ago

A photo is circulating on social media suggesting that the World Health Organization, the World Economic Forum, Johns Hopkins University and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have announced the emergence of omicron.