pyetro
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Right wingers on Twitter and rinky dinky message boards are saying that CBC lowered the death toll to 30 something thousands.
Actually the CDC still has it at 65000, as you can see in their website: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S.
A separate agency that is part of the CDC has data that goes only up to April 25th.
and that particular website never had it higher than that. That's the number that right wingers are citing.
Remember, rinky dinky message boards are for entertainment only. Don't get your news from said places.
Besides the CDC link above debunking this lie, here are additional fact-checks:
Even your anchor for the right wing OANN debunked it
Actually the CDC still has it at 65000, as you can see in their website: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the U.S.
A separate agency that is part of the CDC has data that goes only up to April 25th.
and that particular website never had it higher than that. That's the number that right wingers are citing.
Remember, rinky dinky message boards are for entertainment only. Don't get your news from said places.
Besides the CDC link above debunking this lie, here are additional fact-checks:
Did the CDC Significantly 'Readjust COVID-19 Death Numbers'?
The COVID-19 "death rate" reported by the CDC goes up with the passage of time, and it has not been substantially revised downwards.
www.snopes.com
Did the CDC Significantly 'Readjust COVID-19 Death Numbers'?
The COVID-19 "death rate" reported by the CDC goes up with the passage of time, and it has not been substantially revised downwards.
www.snopes.com
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