A bit of misinformation about #COVID19 deaths came across my feed, so I thought I’ll share why it’s untrue. It’s based on the fact that this graph combines Covid-19, influenza and pneumonia deaths and used to claim @CDCgov is inflating covid deaths. 1/n cdc.gov/coronavirus/20… 
It’s reminiscent, as provaccine people may remember, of how antivaccine activists claim flu deaths are inflated - and that, too, isn’t true. google.com/amp/s/www.forb… 2/n
Here, too, the graph is used to mislead, and its easy to check. First, if you scroll to the bottom, you see this link. cdc.gov/coronavirus/20… 3/n
CDC has another breakdown of #COVID19 , influenza and pneumonia deaths here. cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr… 5/n
So there’s no conspiracy, and it’s not hidden. It’s simply that in addition to others forms in which the information is provided with a breakdown, @CDCgov also provides an aggregate. Antivaccine sources - where this bit of #COVID19 misinformation as seen - mislead readers. 6/6.
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