Danish newspaper says sorry

FEE reports:

A Danish newspaper has apologized to its readers for not questioning the government’s data and narratives more throughout the first two years of the pandemic.

The Ekstra Bladet, founded in 1904, said it should have done more due diligence in examining the government’s data and conclusions before reporting them:

“For ALMOST two years, we – the press and the population – have been almost hypnotically preoccupied with the authorities’ daily coronatal,” wrote Bladet journalist Brian Weichardt. “THE CONSTANT mental alertness has worn out tremendously on all of us. That is why we – the press – must also take stock of our own efforts. And we have failed.”

Will we see something like that here?

“WE HAVE NOT been vigilant enough at the garden gate when the authorities were required to answer what it actually meant that people are hospitalized with corona and not because of corona. Because it makes a difference. A big difference. Exactly, the official hospitalization numbers have been shown to be 27 percent higher than the actual figure for how many there are in the hospital, simply because they have corona. We only know that now.

The data is similar in NZ. A large proportion of those in hospital were not admitted due to Covid-19 symptoms, but due to other issues and found to have Covid-19. I’ve seen only very little reporting of this.

Some NZ media have done good work, but not enough have dug beyond the press releases. Where are the in depth stories on the fact we won’t have any anti-viral drugs to fight Covid-19 until April?