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/1 @CarlyAtch and @GovStitt went to Tulsa ER on date #StittVirusDeathCount hit 10,000+ Oklahoma COVID deaths not because they cared about Oklahomans.
They did it to spread disinformation, set up excuse for the deaths, and most disgustingly,
To Astroturf for DeSantis.
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They did it to spread disinformation, set up excuse for the deaths, and most disgustingly,
To Astroturf for DeSantis.
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/2 At the time of this post, the debunked @CarlyAtch tweet of Thursday had 76 retweets, the first being from the Press Secretary of Florida Governor DeSantis, Christina Pushaw.
Coordination, or coincidence?
Coordination, or coincidence?
/3 On my scan through the 76 retweets, I found 4 (allegedly) Oklahoma-based posters, 2 being institutional, and 2 appeared to spam retweet dozens of GOP-propaganda tweets daily.
I did find lots of Floridians though.
The next 4 pages of retweets.
Coordination, or coincidence?
I did find lots of Floridians though.
The next 4 pages of retweets.
Coordination, or coincidence?
#StittVirusDeathCount for Dec. 4:
OSDH (underreported): 1860
CDC (Death certificate count): 2251
Estimated actual Oklahoma COVID deaths: 3000-5000
Comments and update, including areas under investigation, follows.
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OSDH (underreported): 1860
CDC (Death certificate count): 2251
Estimated actual Oklahoma COVID deaths: 3000-5000
Comments and update, including areas under investigation, follows.
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Comments: FOX 23 and KFOR have asked OSDH and Interim Commissioner Frye about discrepancies between death certificate data, considered the gold standard by CDC, and the number of deaths underreported by the State. No meaningful explanation was given. (more)
2/ In fact, CDC death certificate data often takes weeks to be received tabulated, so the undercount may be much higher than the current 391 death difference. Based on 156 deaths being reported in the past 7 days, the CDC undercount could easily be several hundred. (more)
