We found errors in The Sun’s report of research into effects of childhood infections. Chest infections when young were linked to an increased risk of early death from lung disease, but researchers didn’t show causality. The Sun has updated its article.
were linked to a fifth of premature deaths [...]”, more accurately reflecting the fact that researchers did not state a definite causal link.The Sun also reported:"[Pneumonia] accounted for around a quarter of the 1,589 people who died from a lower respiratory tract infection in 2012, the latest year figures are available for."
The previous paragraph in the article refers to the British Lung Foundation, suggesting that the Sun is citing figures fromThe British Lung Foundation’s data actually shows pneumonia accounted for 28,952 deaths that year, or around a quarter from all respiratory causes, not just infections. The same data also shows 1,589 deaths from “acute lower respiratory infections” in the UK in 2012.
Finally, the article seems to refer to pneumonia as a"common bug" and"The infection", but the condition of pneumonia can be caused by
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