Thread by @IntegralAnswers

1/ John Beaudoin’s book The Real CDC claims COVID deaths were inflated through manipulated death certificates in Massachusetts.

But what do the data — and public health audits — actually show?

Let’s take a look. 🧵

2/ Massachusetts revised how it counted COVID deaths in 2022.

Why?

To increase accuracy — not inflate numbers.

The state shifted from a 60-day to a 30-day positive test window to better reflect deaths actually caused by COVID.

Transparency ≠ conspiracy.

3/ Another key point:
The CDC does not control death certificates.

They are completed by physicians, medical examiners, and local registrars across the country.

Thousands of independent professionals — not a centralized CDC switch.

4/ Excess mortality data tells an important story.

In Massachusetts — and globally — excess deaths rise and fall with COVID waves.

If deaths were being artificially inflated, we wouldn’t expect such a tight correlation.

5/ Public health data are often revised.

That isn’t evidence of fraud.

It’s how statistical systems improve accuracy as better information becomes available.

6/ In fact, many excess-mortality studies show something important:

COVID deaths were often undercounted, not exaggerated.

That’s the opposite of the claim made in The Real CDC.

7/ Criticism of public health agencies is fair.

But it should rest on evidence, not misunderstandings of how mortality statistics work.

Science isn’t perfect — but it improves when we follow the data.

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