Last week Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House Coronavirus Task Force response administrator, challenged the CDC Director in a heated conversation. Dr. Birx told Dr. Redfield, “There is nothing from the CDC that I can trust!”
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Birx was right. The CDC numbers could not be trusted.
The CDC intentionally made it that way.
Colorado admitted last weekend to over-counting coronavirus deaths in the state and lowered their state totals by 272 deaths.
CDPHE now reports that as of May 9, 878 people had died “due to” COVID-19 and 1,150 people have died “among” COVID-19 cases.
And now New Jersey is lowering its fatality numbers in nursing homes.
The Garden State is dropping its total number of deaths in nursing homes from 5,408 to 4,295.
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Steve Bognar from News 4 New York reported:
NJ changing the way it records deaths in state long-term care facilities …
State says it will now report ONLY lab confirmed deaths … meaning toll drops from 5,408 to 4,295
Gov Murphy says previous reporting was "apples to oranges"#nbc4ny— Steven Bognar (@Bogs4NY) May 19, 2020
The numbers were updated to reference nursing home numbers and not total coronavirus numbers.
UPDATE: The nursing home numbers went from 5,700 to 4,295 if you believe the state officials.
Via Yahoo:
The senator has issued a scathing statement about the new coronavirus death total for New Jersey’s long-term care (LTC) facilities, which was lowered from 5,700 to 4,295 on Tuesday, according to a Politico report.
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State health officials determined the deceased didn’t get a lab-confirmed diagnosis for COVID-19 before they passed away, a stipulation that officials will now require when they report death totals, according to Politico.
