Claim: Research says that nearly half of people who catch Covid develop depression afterwards.
Fact-check: A Bangladesh study doesn't show that depression follows Covid-19 - Full Fact
Verdict: this is not what the research says. it measured rates of depression among covid survivors—but not whether they developed depression after catching the disease.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2021-02-15T00:00:00