Are the Covid-19 and influenza statistics published in the same document? Yes The PHE document documents has influenza and Covid-19 numbers in the same document Are the Covid-19 and influenza numbers combined together in PHE statistics? No The PHE document does not combine influenza and Covid-19 statistics Does putting them in the same document, have any effect on the COVID-19 statistics themselves, or change the numbers about either disease? No The new report does contain combined data on the number of "acute respiratory infection incidents" (two or more lab confirmed cases or a suspected outbreak) reported by PHE Health Protection Teams, just as previous reports did before. These are presented as a total figure, before being broken down to show the figure for Covid-19 specifically.
The PHE has began to combine Covid-19 and influenza statistics to make the numbers look worse.
Create evidence in form of questions and answers for the claim: "The PHE has began to combine Covid-19 and influenza statistics to make the numbers look worse.", which would make the veracity be refuted
Are the Covid-19 and influenza statistics published in the same document? Yes The PHE document documents has influenza and Covid-19 numbers in the same document Are the Covid-19 and influenza numbers combined together in PHE statistics? No The PHE document does not combine influenza and Covid-19 statistics Does putting them in the same document, have any effect on the COVID-19 statistics themselves, or change the numbers about either disease? No The new report does contain combined data on the number of "acute respiratory infection incidents" (two or more lab confirmed cases or a suspected outbreak) reported by PHE Health Protection Teams, just as previous reports did before. These are presented as a total figure, before being broken down to show the figure for Covid-19 specifically.
Create evidence in form of questions and answers for the claim: "The PHE has began to combine Covid-19 and influenza statistics to make the numbers look worse.", which would make the veracity be refuted
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Are the Covid-19 and influenza statistics published in the same document? Yes The PHE document documents has influenza and Covid-19 numbers in the same document Are the Covid-19 and influenza numbers combined together in PHE statistics? No The PHE document does not combine influenza and Covid-19 statistics Does putting them in the same document, have any effect on the COVID-19 statistics themselves, or change the numbers about either disease? No The new report does contain combined data on the number of "acute respiratory infection incidents" (two or more lab confirmed cases or a suspected outbreak) reported by PHE Health Protection Teams, just as previous reports did before. These are presented as a total figure, before being broken down to show the figure for Covid-19 specifically.
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