claim: coronavirus. meno morti rispetto al 2019? ecco i dati dell’istat pubblicati il 31 marzo 2020
summary: an italian blog posted pictures of figures for the mortality rate in italy in the first three months of 2019 and 2020, claiming deaths in 2020 were actually less than in 2019. the data, however, were cherrypicked from different sources to substantiate their claims, even though actual figures from istat proved the opposite (regions where the virus hit harder showed a much higher mortality rate with respect to the same period in 2019)
subject_description: claims mortality for italy in 2020 is actually lower than in 2019 even with coronavirus
Motive_Description: downplay the severity of the virus by suggesting it has not caused an increase in the mortaity rate
author_description: "disquisendo" (blog)
keywords: coronavirus, italy, mortality rate, lower, 2019, 2020, comparison