Context on how a flatly false claim like this spreads.
For months, careless or dishonest people have been citing this table as if it includes all deaths in 2020, and comparing this number with past years' complete number. cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr…
For months, careless or dishonest people have been citing this table as if it includes all deaths in 2020, and comparing this number with past years' complete number. cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr…
It does not: the first week reported in that table is February 1, because the point of the table is to show COVID deaths.
Also, CDC's numbers are based on statistics forwarded from local jurisdictions, which takes time. And the numbers are clearly incomplete. For example, deaths obviously did not drop over 80% last week.
When reporting is complete, they will be higher than normal.
When reporting is complete, they will be higher than normal.
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