It's not like there are no adverse consequences to lockdowns :
Tragedy: 1 MILLION more Brits have become alcoholics since Covid lockdowns began
https://notthebee.com/article/nearly-1-million-more-brits-ad...
Tragedy: 1 MILLION more Brits have become alcoholics since Covid lockdowns began
https://notthebee.com/article/nearly-1-million-more-brits-ad...
I have no reason to think it's fake news.
Very sound logic (/s)! With this sort of reasoning people invaded the Capitol on January 6th, because they were certain their country was about to be taken over by a Chinese-backed coup. Guess what, they also think what they heard was legitimate, and they think their reasoning work(ed) perfectly fine.
Folks gotta be pretty gullible to not see that.
> Sorry I saw this circulate a few days ago and linked the first thing I found on DDG. > I have no reason to think it's fake news.
I think the expectation is that you should have a reason to think that it's not fake news before spreading it.
This is very clearly a link to a satirical comedy site (in the same category as The Onion).
That link that apparently got @jmnicolas flagged, actually does cite an external source[1] which says, "the alcohol-related death rate increasing by 20 per cent in 2020 to the highest level since records began.[...] PHE data showed there were 6,893 deaths blamed on alcohol in 2020, compared to 5,819 in 2019 before the virus reached Britain."
(edit) This seems to be backed up by a gov.uk press release.[2](/edit)
NotTheBee definitely has a opinion/bias to their articles [3] but I don't think it deserves to be called "fake news."
[0]https://notthebee.com/article/welcome-to-not-the-bee [1]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-9884297/Covid-19-... [2] https://www.gov.uk/government/news/alcoholic-liver-deaths-in... [3]https://notthebee.com/article/check-out-all-these-crazy-cons...