CDC programming “killed” 72,000

Stefan Mileschin · 29th March 2022, 08:41

Fortunately, they were not real

A cock-up in the programming department of the CDC resulted in more than 72,000 being reported dead of Covid.

The CDC had no interest in fixing the information until hacks from the Guardian looking into Covid mortality rates among children, uncovered the problem.

The CDC claimed that the problem was a "coding logic error" that had inadvertently added more than 72,000 Covid deaths of all ages to the data tracker.

The agency briefly noted the change in a footnote, although the note did not explain how the error occurred or how long it was in effect.

More than 72,277 deaths in all age groups reported across 26 states were removed from the tracker "because CDC's algorithm was accidentally counting deaths that were not Covid-19-related," Jasmine Reed, a spokesperson for the agency, told the Guardian.

https://fudzilla.com/news/54597-cdc-...-killed-72-000

29th March 2022, 08:41	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,802	CDC programming “killed” 72,000 Fortunately, they were not real A cock-up in the programming department of the CDC resulted in more than 72,000 being reported dead of Covid. The CDC had no interest in fixing the information until hacks from the Guardian looking into Covid mortality rates among children, uncovered the problem. The CDC claimed that the problem was a "coding logic error" that had inadvertently added more than 72,000 Covid deaths of all ages to the data tracker. The agency briefly noted the change in a footnote, although the note did not explain how the error occurred or how long it was in effect. More than 72,277 deaths in all age groups reported across 26 states were removed from the tracker "because CDC's algorithm was accidentally counting deaths that were not Covid-19-related," Jasmine Reed, a spokesperson for the agency, told the Guardian. https://fudzilla.com/news/54597-cdc-...-killed-72-000

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