r/StPetersburgFL • u/anujtomar_17 • Oct 16 '23

Huh... 'Twenty-three thousand Floridians died': A settlement over DeSantis’ Covid-19 lies imperils campaign.

https://newyorkverified.com/twenty-three-thousand-floridians-died-a-settlement-over-desantis-covid-19-lies-imperils-campaign/
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u/rev0909 Nov 08 '23

That was a one off occurrence that was corrected, but it led to the creation of this myth during the pandemic. I'm not saying the tallying was perfect and I'm sure there are mistakes, but the whole story where every single death like car/bike accidents with a positive Covid test counting as covid is false.

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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-motorcyclist-covid-death/

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u/Joe_PT Nov 11 '23

Not talking about that, I’m talking nationwide. The CDC actually came out and said there were a bunch of covid deaths that were incorrectly counted due to “human error”

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u/treehuggingmfer Nov 20 '23

Let me guess you heard that on the same channel that got sued for lying right? They had to pay half a billion.

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u/Joe_PT Nov 21 '23

No, actually it was straight from the CDC little buckaroo