Richdude wrote on May 5
th, 2020 at 6:11am:
it_is_the_light wrote on May 4
th, 2020 at 5:48pm:
You have to wonder about those figures - some say they're false.
However is does fit the usual CDC pattern of exaggerating outbreak deaths then quietly readjusting them down.
Welcome back Light. I see in your absence you've not improved your relationship to the truth.
Did you check the CDC figures or just rely on what you got from Twitter/Youtube?
If you click on the "About the Data" link on their figures it explains, its data are updated daily based on "Case notifications received by CDC from U.S. public health jurisdictions and the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS)" and includes "both confirmed and probable deaths."
If you go to their
Cases in the US page, you'll see they're reporting
TOTAL DEATHS: 67,456
This more up-to-date page will obviously report higher death figures that one whose data lag by
1-2 weeks.
Indeed, two weeks earlier, the "Cases in the US" page had displayed a total of 35,443 deaths, a number much closer to the 38,576 figure reported by the “Provisional Death Counts” with its 1-2 week data lag today.
This claim that the CDC revised the numbers down is as you can imagine, given the source, totally untrue. Is like comparing stock prices from a two-week-old newspaper with those offered today by a cable news station, and then attributing any differences to a conspiracy rather than the mere passage of time as reflected in more current reporting.
It is the usual ignorant attempt to lie to people. It's that simple.
Welcome back, but, do better, stop lying.
I wonder if you've grown in your absence or will you respond to having your lies exposed and proven to be false with the usual memes?