Fergal

BBC goes all-in. Somehow teens (who had plenty of childhood exposure) got diabetes from lockdown.

Key quote casts doubt on the substantial evidence for COVID as the cause but doesn't mention that the lockdown theory has no evidence at all and is just someone's brain-fart.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66054946

Covid pandemic linked to surge in child and teen diabetes

Experts have seen a 'substantial' yet unexplained rise in new cases worldwide since the pandemic.

Jul 1, 2023 at 12:12pmWeb
Show threadFergalJul 1, 2023

If people are wondering about the "substantial" evidence, here's a paper from the Bavarian Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians:

A PCR confirmed case of COVID gave a 1.69 times greater risk of developing type 1 diabetes.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2805461#:~:text=The%20age-%20and%20sex-adjusted,virus-confirmed%20cases%20were%20consid

Type 1 Diabetes Incidence and Risk in Children With a Diagnosis of COVID-19

This study used a population-based individual patient data set that included diagnoses of COVID-19 to determine whether there was a temporal association between COVID-19 and type 1 diabetes in children.

Show threadFergalJul 1, 2023
The BBC's comment "among the studies looking for this type of autoimmune reaction... not all have found evidence to support this theory." Is just bizarre. Lots did, some didn't. Not all studies are good or looking for the right thing.