Alejandro Avila
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The Texas Tribune amended one of their articles and reduced the number of COVID hospitalization cases among children that it had initially reported when CDC data showed that they had significantly over-reported the totals.
It first claimed that 5,800 Texas children had been hospitalized in the month of July alone. However that is the number of children hospitalized in the entire 17 months of COVID shutdowns. It turns out, there were just 783 children hospitalized in July, a reduction of nearly 5,000.
The correction, issued on Aug. 12, reads as follows:
“Correction, Aug. 12, 2021: An earlier version of this story overstated the number of children who have been hospitalized in Texas recently with COVID-19. The story said over 5,800 children who have been hospitalized in Texas recently with COVID-19. The story said over 5,800 children had been hospitalized during a seven-day period in August, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That number correctly referred to children hospitalized by COVID-19 since the pandemic began. In actuality, 783 children were admitted to Texas hospitals with COVID-19 between July 1 and Aug. 9 of this year.”
That’s one heck of a correction. https://t.co/UBBgV0OXXm pic.twitter.com/uhxkYABwR3
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) August 12, 2021
A similar correction was made to Florida’s COVID numbers over the weekend after the CDC inflated their new case totals by nearly 10,000 cases.
According to the New York Post report, “The gap was significant, with the CDC initially claiming there were 28,317 new cases on Sunday, while the Florida DOH puts that number at 15,319. On Tuesday the CDC adjusted its number down to 19,584.”
While the protection of children remains paramount as we emerge from the pandemic, giving inflated data misinforms people looking for information. It’s a cheap trick by the Tribune to disparage Texas and Gov. Abbott’s leadership regarding COVID.
Children and parents continue to take the brunt of the consequences, as OutKick’s Clay Travis stated in his interview with Tucker Carlson on Wednesday.
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Yeah the cdc has ZERO credibility these covid numbers have been juiced from the get go from deaths to hospitalization just to try and magnify the fear and keep the hysteria going
These people need dealt with.
Hey, stop killing less children, Texas
But the media doesn’t have an agenda. Yeah, right.
Great Reset do your homework folks
The people who got fired up into a stupid rage by the phony numbers will never care about the adjusted down numbers. These media outlets know this, it’s why they do crap like this.
Yeah the numbers never happen the other way. Makes you go hmmmm….
Another thing left out of this stupid reporting is that covid isn’t the main reason for hospitalization for many children right now. It’s RSV. There has been a spike in RSV cases, which IS dangerous for children. Often times RSV is the primary reason and they just so happen to test positive for covid. That is the precise case at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville right now.
That’s exactly right. Even for an SEC homer you can read hahaha!
Lol hey I can’t change my orange stripes, but I’m a patriot baby.
100%. My hospital is seeing more kids come in now in Chicago with RSV.
RSV is seeming to be hitting kids earlier this year most likely due to COVID. But if kids test positive for COVID and actually have RSV the number reflect COVID first then are later reported true as RSV. Both COVID and RSV have similar symptoms like cough, fever, shortness of breath.
Drive by media. Now drive by CDC. The damage was done, the retraction will be invisible. MSM and administration: high fives all around!
Anyone else notice how they never under state cases? Bunch a fucking commie libs. When things aren’t going their way, make shit up or runaway (see Texas democrats).