Another Example of CNN's Misleading COVID-19 Reporting

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

CNN's COVID-19 reporting continues to be among the worst and most misleading coverage being done by major news outlets.

Yesterday, CNN published an article about the recent death of a young girl in Detroit, Michigan. CNN titled the article "5-year-old girl dies from Covid-19 as some states aim to reopen." The article included the following statement: "The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus. This heartbreaking news comes as states like Georgia roll the dice on reopening." The article included a video that briefly discussed the young girl's death and that criticized the states that are starting to reopen their economies.

CNN didn't bother to mention that the girl actually died from meningitis, not from COVID-19. Nor did CNN bother to mention that the girl tested positive for strep throat before she was tested for COVID-19. Nor did CNN bother to mention that the girl's worst symptom, severe headaches, is not a common symptom of COVID-19 but is a common symptom of meningitis. (The girl's other symptom was fever, which can be caused by a variety of illnesses.)

When the girl's parents brought her to the hospital after she had tested positive for strep throat, and after her severe headaches did not go away, the hospital tested her for COVID-19 and sent her home with pain medications. The parents then brought the girl back to the hospital because she was still experiencing severe headaches. The hospital then did a series of tests on the girl and discovered that she had meningitis, a deadly disease with a case death rate of over 12%. A few news outlets have been careful enough not to describe her death as "from COVID-19" but as "with COVID-19," since the actual cause of death was meningitis, not COVID-19.

Furthermore, it is not at all clear that the girl developed meningitis because she caught COVID-19. As noted, CNN failed to mention that the girl also tested positive for strep throat. She could have developed meningitis because of her strep throat, since bacterial meningitis is caused by some of the same germs that cause strep throat. It is entirely possible that the girl's death had nothing to do with COVID-19.

CNN's misleading reporting has been part of the irresponsible reporting that has fueled so much needless panic over COVID-19 and that has put pressure on government officials to impose unnecessary lockdowns, close thousands of businesses, and put tens of millions of people out of work.

Here is an article from the scholarly online journal Reason on the recent antibody tests in Los Angeles County that indicate that the COVID-19 death rate is much lower than we have been led to believe:

L.A. County Antibody Tests Suggest the Fatality Rate for COVID-19 Is Much Lower Than People Feared

The tests indicate that the number of infections in the county is around 40 times as high as the number of confirmed cases.

reason.com

It figures. CNN is just ghastly. The scary thing is there are undoubtedly QUITE a few knuckleheads that post on these threads (Siete and berg, for example) that believe EVERYTHING CNN broadcasts. Quite sad, but HIGHLY preventable.

You idiots keep stepping in the same shit.

(CNN)The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus.
Skylar Herbert died Sunday at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. She tested positive for coronavirus last month and developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain, according to WXYZ.

"The loss of a child, at any time, under any circumstances, is a tragedy," Beaumont Hospital said in a statement obtained by WXYZ. "We are heartbroken that COVID-19 has taken the life of a child. We extend our deepest sympathy to Skylar's family and all others who have lost a loved one to this virus."

5-year-old daughter of Detroit first responders dies after being diagnosed with coronavirus
Skylar Herbert developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain. She died after being on a ventilator for two weeks.

www.cnn.com

CNN was spot on.

Come on man you know very well any trumper isn't for facts.

FACT: "rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain"

 

[lennypartiv]

Shouldn't anything CNN be placed in a Political Satire thread?

They're certainly not fair and balanced.

 

[Nostra]

CNN's COVID-19 reporting continues to be among the worst and most misleading coverage being done by major news outlets.

Yesterday, CNN published an article about the recent death of a young girl in Detroit, Michigan. CNN titled the article "5-year-old girl dies from Covid-19 as some states aim to reopen." The article included the following statement: "The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus. This heartbreaking news comes as states like Georgia roll the dice on reopening." The article included a video that briefly discussed the young girl's death and that criticized the states that are starting to reopen their economies.

CNN didn't bother to mention that the girl actually died from meningitis, not from COVID-19. Nor did CNN bother to mention that the girl tested positive for strep throat before she was tested for COVID-19. Nor did CNN bother to mention that the girl's worst symptom, severe headaches, is not a common symptom of COVID-19 but is a common symptom of meningitis. (The girl's other symptom was fever, which can be caused by a variety of illnesses.)

When the girl's parents brought her to the hospital after she had tested positive for strep throat, and after her severe headaches did not go away, the hospital tested her for COVID-19 and sent her home with pain medications. The parents then brought the girl back to the hospital because she was still experiencing severe headaches. The hospital then did a series of tests on the girl and discovered that she had meningitis, a deadly disease with a case death rate of over 12%. A few news outlets have been careful enough not to describe her death as "from COVID-19" but as "with COVID-19," since the actual cause of death was meningitis, not COVID-19.

Furthermore, it is not at all clear that the girl developed meningitis because she caught COVID-19. As noted, CNN failed to mention that the girl also tested positive for strep throat. She could have developed meningitis because of her strep throat, since bacterial meningitis is caused by some of the same germs that cause strep throat. It is entirely possible that the girl's death had nothing to do with COVID-19.

CNN's misleading reporting has been part of the irresponsible reporting that has fueled so much needless panic over COVID-19 and that has put pressure on government officials to impose unnecessary lockdowns, close thousands of businesses, and put tens of millions of people out of work.

Here is an article from the scholarly online journal Reason on the recent antibody tests in Los Angeles County that indicate that the COVID-19 death rate is much lower than we have been led to believe:

L.A. County Antibody Tests Suggest the Fatality Rate for COVID-19 Is Much Lower Than People Feared

The tests indicate that the number of infections in the county is around 40 times as high as the number of confirmed cases.

reason.com

First off you failed to post a link that the article was fake news and threw in some other link, second you need to find out the facts and stop lying but a trump voter isn't for facts. The meningitis was a result of Covid 19 so yes Covid killed her. Get your head out of your ass for once.

5-year-old with rare complication becomes first Michigan child to die of COVID-19

On Sunday, after spending two weeks on a ventilator, Skylar Herbert, 5, died of coronavirus complications

www.detroitnews.com

Covid causes meningitis now? Link to the study showing that?

 

[lennypartiv]

(CNN)The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus.
Skylar Herbert died Sunday at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. She tested positive for coronavirus last month and developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain, according to WXYZ.

So what if she tested positive for both. Obviously they jumped at the chance to put COVID on the death certificate.

 

[Nostra]

(CNN)The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus.
Skylar Herbert died Sunday at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. She tested positive for coronavirus last month and developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain, according to WXYZ.

So what if she tested positive for both. Obviously they jumped at the chance to put COVID on the death certificate.

They put Covid as the cause of death for people who never tested positive for it. It’s a sham.

 

[Leweman]

It's pretty obvious she didn't die for Covid. When people's lives are being saved by hydroxychloroquine, CNN I have no doubt, goes on to point out that there is no evidence that stuff works and blah blah blah. So to stay accurate to that type of reporting they would point out that Covid is a respiratory disease and Meningitis a brain disease. It can be Viral so maybe Covid had something to do with it but they would point out there have been no other cases or links between meningitis and Covid, at least that are known. Even if there were some more studies would need to be done. Sometimes people who get meningitis die. If she died of Covid they wouldn't need to mention the Meningitis. It's sad either way, but the article isn't intended to portray it as a sad event as much as it is some strange attempt to scare people that now kids are dying from it. That's the problem with the article. It's more disturbing because if she would have died five years ago CNN and Dems would have openly celebrated it.

 

[Siete]

(CNN)The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus.
Skylar Herbert died Sunday at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. She tested positive for coronavirus last month and developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain, according to WXYZ.

So what if she tested positive for both. Obviously they jumped at the chance to put COVID on the death certificate.

They put Covid as the cause of death for people who never tested positive for it. It’s a sham.

Trump failed to furnish enough test kits - u DUMBASS

 

[lennypartiv]

When people's lives are being saved by hydroxychloroquine, CNN I have no doubt, goes on to point out that there is no evidence that stuff works and blah blah blah.

Like I said, CNN is clearly not fair and balanced.

 

[Nostra]

(CNN)The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus.
Skylar Herbert died Sunday at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. She tested positive for coronavirus last month and developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain, according to WXYZ.

So what if she tested positive for both. Obviously they jumped at the chance to put COVID on the death certificate.

They put Covid as the cause of death for people who never tested positive for it. It’s a sham.

Trump failed to furnish enough test kits - u DUMBASS

Um, your incoherent rant is completely unrelated to putting down a cause of death when you have no evidence they even had it.

Please try again, Window Licker.

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

(CNN)The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus.
Skylar Herbert died Sunday at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. She tested positive for coronavirus last month and developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain, according to WXYZ.

So what if she tested positive for both. Obviously they jumped at the chance to put COVID on the death certificate.

And CNN jumped at the chance to spread more panic propaganda to keep the economy on lockdown until after the November election, so their party (the democrats) can win.

.

 

[Mac-7]

(CNN)The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus.
Skylar Herbert died Sunday at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. She tested positive for coronavirus last month and developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain, according to WXYZ.

So what if she tested positive for both. Obviously they jumped at the chance to put COVID on the death certificate.

They put Covid as the cause of death for people who never tested positive for it. It’s a sham.

Trump failed to furnish enough test kits - u DUMBASS

No, fauci failed

the first test kit developed by the CDC was junk

 

[Siete]

(CNN)The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus.
Skylar Herbert died Sunday at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. She tested positive for coronavirus last month and developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain, according to WXYZ.

So what if she tested positive for both. Obviously they jumped at the chance to put COVID on the death certificate.

They put Covid as the cause of death for people who never tested positive for it. It’s a sham.

Trump failed to furnish enough test kits - u DUMBASS

Um, your incoherent rant is completely unrelated to putting down a cause of death when you have no evidence they even had it.

Please try again, Window Licker.

How testing failures allowed coronavirus to sweep the U.S.

The Trump administration’s decision to forgo a World Health Organization test and create its own had fateful consequences, experts say.

www.politico.com

 

[Nostra]

(CNN)The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus.
Skylar Herbert died Sunday at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. She tested positive for coronavirus last month and developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain, according to WXYZ.

So what if she tested positive for both. Obviously they jumped at the chance to put COVID on the death certificate.

They put Covid as the cause of death for people who never tested positive for it. It’s a sham.

Trump failed to furnish enough test kits - u DUMBASS

Um, your incoherent rant is completely unrelated to putting down a cause of death when you have no evidence they even had it.

Please try again, Window Licker.

How testing failures allowed coronavirus to sweep the U.S.

The Trump administration’s decision to forgo a World Health Organization test and create its own had fateful consequences, experts say.

www.politico.com

If I want an opinion from alt-left Politico I’ll scrape it off the bottom of my boots.

 

[Nostra]

(CNN)The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus.
Skylar Herbert died Sunday at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. She tested positive for coronavirus last month and developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain, according to WXYZ.

So what if she tested positive for both. Obviously they jumped at the chance to put COVID on the death certificate.

They put Covid as the cause of death for people who never tested positive for it. It’s a sham.

Trump failed to furnish enough test kits - u DUMBASS

Um, your incoherent rant is completely unrelated to putting down a cause of death when you have no evidence they even had it.

Please try again, Window Licker.

How testing failures allowed coronavirus to sweep the U.S.

The Trump administration’s decision to forgo a World Health Organization test and create its own had fateful consequences, experts say.

www.politico.com

Alt-left politico is still pushing the lie Trump turned down test kits offered by WHO, despite the fact the lefty fact checker sites have had to admit Politico lied.

Oops!

Biden wrong that WHO offered US COVID-19 test kits

During Sunday night’s debate, while levelling criticism at President Donald Trump’s handling of the national response to

www.politifact.com

 

[depotoo]

CNN's COVID-19 reporting continues to be among the worst and most misleading coverage being done by major news outlets.

Yesterday, CNN published an article about the recent death of a young girl in Detroit, Michigan. CNN titled the article "5-year-old girl dies from Covid-19 as some states aim to reopen." The article included the following statement: "The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus. This heartbreaking news comes as states like Georgia roll the dice on reopening." The article included a video that briefly discussed the young girl's death and that criticized the states that are starting to reopen their economies.

CNN didn't bother to mention that the girl actually died from meningitis, not from COVID-19. Nor did CNN bother to mention that the girl tested positive for strep throat before she was tested for COVID-19. Nor did CNN bother to mention that the girl's worst symptom, severe headaches, is not a common symptom of COVID-19 but is a common symptom of meningitis. (The girl's other symptom was fever, which can be caused by a variety of illnesses.)

When the girl's parents brought her to the hospital after she had tested positive for strep throat, and after her severe headaches did not go away, the hospital tested her for COVID-19 and sent her home with pain medications. The parents then brought the girl back to the hospital because she was still experiencing severe headaches. The hospital then did a series of tests on the girl and discovered that she had meningitis, a deadly disease with a case death rate of over 12%. A few news outlets have been careful enough not to describe her death as "from COVID-19" but as "with COVID-19," since the actual cause of death was meningitis, not COVID-19.

Furthermore, it is not at all clear that the girl developed meningitis because she caught COVID-19. As noted, CNN failed to mention that the girl also tested positive for strep throat. She could have developed meningitis because of her strep throat, since bacterial meningitis is caused by some of the same germs that cause strep throat. It is entirely possible that the girl's death had nothing to do with COVID-19.

CNN's misleading reporting has been part of the irresponsible reporting that has fueled so much needless panic over COVID-19 and that has put pressure on government officials to impose unnecessary lockdowns, close thousands of businesses, and put tens of millions of people out of work.

Here is an article from the scholarly online journal Reason on the recent antibody tests in Los Angeles County that indicate that the COVID-19 death rate is much lower than we have been led to believe:

L.A. County Antibody Tests Suggest the Fatality Rate for COVID-19 Is Much Lower Than People Feared

The tests indicate that the number of infections in the county is around 40 times as high as the number of confirmed cases.

reason.com

They can't take the chance that Trump can get the economy moving in the next 6 months...the longer they can keep people locked down, the more damage they do to the economy and the people.....so they think they can use that to beat Trump and to take over the healthcare system.

As reports are coming out now, the lockdown on hospitals and their inability to do elective surgeries...80% of their revenue.......the democrats are jumping for joy....these hospitals are going bankrupt, laying off staff, and won't be able to survive for long.........and the democrat party loves it......they can't wait to crush the healthcare system so the "experts," who got the Chinese virus wrong can take it over...

Sadly, I believe you to be right.

 

[Siete]

(CNN)The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus.
Skylar Herbert died Sunday at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. She tested positive for coronavirus last month and developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain, according to WXYZ.

So what if she tested positive for both. Obviously they jumped at the chance to put COVID on the death certificate.

They put Covid as the cause of death for people who never tested positive for it. It’s a sham.

Trump failed to furnish enough test kits - u DUMBASS

Um, your incoherent rant is completely unrelated to putting down a cause of death when you have no evidence they even had it.

Please try again, Window Licker.

How testing failures allowed coronavirus to sweep the U.S.

The Trump administration’s decision to forgo a World Health Organization test and create its own had fateful consequences, experts say.

www.politico.com

Alt-left politico is still pushing the lie Trump turned down test kits offered by WHO, despite the fact the lefty fact checker sites have had to admit Politico lied.

Oops!

Biden wrong that WHO offered US COVID-19 test kits

During Sunday night’s debate, while levelling criticism at President Donald Trump’s handling of the national response to

www.politifact.com

LINK

 

[WEATHER53]

Hogan of MD on TV and started out with bullshit but did get down to a 4 point reopening starting Friday. I found his hospital surge extra 6,700 beds funny because it’s time to let go of the flooded hospital panic scenario which is yet another failed overreactive stance .

 

[Nostra]

(CNN)The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus.
Skylar Herbert died Sunday at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital after being on a ventilator for two weeks, CNN affiliate WXYZ reported. She tested positive for coronavirus last month and developed a rare form of meningitis and swelling on the brain, according to WXYZ.

So what if she tested positive for both. Obviously they jumped at the chance to put COVID on the death certificate.

They put Covid as the cause of death for people who never tested positive for it. It’s a sham.

Trump failed to furnish enough test kits - u DUMBASS

Um, your incoherent rant is completely unrelated to putting down a cause of death when you have no evidence they even had it.

Please try again, Window Licker.

How testing failures allowed coronavirus to sweep the U.S.

The Trump administration’s decision to forgo a World Health Organization test and create its own had fateful consequences, experts say.

www.politico.com

Alt-left politico is still pushing the lie Trump turned down test kits offered by WHO, despite the fact the lefty fact checker sites have had to admit Politico lied.

Oops!

Biden wrong that WHO offered US COVID-19 test kits

During Sunday night’s debate, while levelling criticism at President Donald Trump’s handling of the national response to

www.politifact.com

LINK

In the post, fuckwit.

Holy Cow you are stupid.

 

[theHawk]

CNN's COVID-19 reporting continues to be among the worst and most misleading coverage being done by major news outlets.

Yesterday, CNN published an article about the recent death of a young girl in Detroit, Michigan. CNN titled the article "5-year-old girl dies from Covid-19 as some states aim to reopen." The article included the following statement: "The 5-year-old daughter of two Detroit first responders has died of complications from coronavirus. This heartbreaking news comes as states like Georgia roll the dice on reopening." The article included a video that briefly discussed the young girl's death and that criticized the states that are starting to reopen their economies.

CNN didn't bother to mention that the girl actually died from meningitis, not from COVID-19. Nor did CNN bother to mention that the girl tested positive for strep throat before she was tested for COVID-19. Nor did CNN bother to mention that the girl's worst symptom, severe headaches, is not a common symptom of COVID-19 but is a common symptom of meningitis. (The girl's other symptom was fever, which can be caused by a variety of illnesses.)

When the girl's parents brought her to the hospital after she had tested positive for strep throat, and after her severe headaches did not go away, the hospital tested her for COVID-19 and sent her home with pain medications. The parents then brought the girl back to the hospital because she was still experiencing severe headaches. The hospital then did a series of tests on the girl and discovered that she had meningitis, a deadly disease with a case death rate of over 12%. A few news outlets have been careful enough not to describe her death as "from COVID-19" but as "with COVID-19," since the actual cause of death was meningitis, not COVID-19.

Furthermore, it is not at all clear that the girl developed meningitis because she caught COVID-19. As noted, CNN failed to mention that the girl also tested positive for strep throat. She could have developed meningitis because of her strep throat, since bacterial meningitis is caused by some of the same germs that cause strep throat. It is entirely possible that the girl's death had nothing to do with COVID-19.

CNN's misleading reporting has been part of the irresponsible reporting that has fueled so much needless panic over COVID-19 and that has put pressure on government officials to impose unnecessary lockdowns, close thousands of businesses, and put tens of millions of people out of work.

Here is an article from the scholarly online journal Reason on the recent antibody tests in Los Angeles County that indicate that the COVID-19 death rate is much lower than we have been led to believe:

L.A. County Antibody Tests Suggest the Fatality Rate for COVID-19 Is Much Lower Than People Feared

The tests indicate that the number of infections in the county is around 40 times as high as the number of confirmed cases.

reason.com

CNN doesn’t “report” anything. They merely dictate far left regressive talking points, approved by their Chinese overseers.

 

[basquebromance]

"Sweden and Michigan both have a population of 10 million.

Michigan, in total lockdown has 32,000 cases

Sweden, open with no lockdown, has 16,000 cases

Half the number of cases with no lockdown and everything open "