NEW YORK CITY, NY – Concerns have been accumulating after reports indicate that New York City tallied an additional 3,700 fatalities that health officials were listing COVID-19 as the cause of death.
These concerns are stemming from the fact that the added 3,700 deaths had reportedly never been tested for COVID-19; they were simply presumed to have passed from the virus.
You can’t make this stuff up: “There was already a big rise in New York City, where officials this week started counting people who had never tested positive for the coronavirus. That caused the city’s death count to jump by more than 3,700 on Tuesday.” https://t.co/lJWFIxIq0S
— Jay W. Richards (@DrJayRichards) April 16, 2020
The death toll attributed to the virus exceeded 10,000 in New York City as of April 14th, namely due to a sudden near-4,000 death added to the count.
The updated numbers were referred to as a “revised count” by the New York Times.
Due to the addition of the presumed fatalities, data representative of COVID-19’s effect on the United States seemingly increased the death count by 17%, attributing more than 26,000 deaths in the country due to the virus. Yet, the notion of presumed deaths is worrisome to certain folks, and with good reason, too.
and in reality:
New York City sharply increased its death toll by more than 3,700 victims on Tuesday, after officials said they were now including people who had never tested positive for the virus.
— Mike Mercer (@MrMikeMercer1) April 16, 2020
Many people are well aware that COVID-19 carries a lot of similarities of symptoms to numerous other ailments that can cause someone to pass away unexpectedly.
When looking at what the CDC states are the symptoms, one can understand why people are concerned about undiagnosed deaths being called COVID-19:
“Typical COVID-19 signs and symptoms include fever, cough, and shortness of breath; potential atypical symptoms assessed included sore throat, chills, increased confusion, rhinorrhea or nasal congestion, myalgia, dizziness, malaise, headache, nausea, and diarrhea.”
Some of these listed symptoms can be attributed to cases of the flu and pneumonia, as well as several other potentially fatal ailments.
“The city has added more than 3,700 additional people who were presumed to have died of the coronavirus but had never tested positive.”
LOL. I said this weeks ago and was called a conspiracy theorist.
Nope. Just have a thinking brain. https://t.co/PVwGEPiVet
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) April 16, 2020
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s press secretary Freddi Goldstein stated the following about the change in recording COVID-19 deaths:
“In the heat of battle, our primary focus has been on saving lives. As soon as the issue was raised, the mayor immediately moved to release the data.”
However, it’s unclear how guessing a cause of death would save lives.
Dr. Anthony Fauci (and others) likened sketchy death-rates from COVID-19 as those harboring “conspiracy theories.”
The conspiracy theorists are saying the complete opposite of the truth. COVID-19 deaths are being undercounted, not overcounted. They just added 3,700 to New York City’s death toll for people who died of COVID-19 before getting tested.https://t.co/QXm8dxjdcd
— Richard Thripp for Congress 🌊 (@richardxthripp) April 16, 2020
However, it’s hardly fair to broad-brush those simply concerned and asking questions.
You know what doesn’t help in all this? Blatant fake news.
Not editorials, or speculation, but flat-out nonsense being spread by “reputable” sources.
If CBS News could wear pants, then they’d be on fire. It seems as though they keep getting caught using hospital footage from Italy, while describing instances ongoing within hospitals here in the states.
It’s almost as if CBS News was more interested in spreading fear rather than the actual news.
It all started back on March 22nd when CBS News was detailing developments related to COVID-19 in New York, while simultaneously showcasing hospital footage from Italy. The footage was used in concurrence while describing New York City hospitals to be specific.
Nearly anyone could see how that would be extremely misleading to say the least. Well, turns out some savvy viewers caught the misleading footage and called CBS News out on it.
In a statement to @DailyCaller
CBS News Says ‘Editing Mistake’ Led To Misleading Video Showing An Italian Hospital During Segment On New York’s Coronavirus Crisis
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) March 30, 2020
According to CBS News, they responded to the footage snafu with the following:
“It was an editing mistake. We took immediate steps to remove it from all platforms and shows.”
Last time I checked, an editing mistake is when someone forgets to mute an expletive on an FCC mandated airwave. Using footage from an Italian hospital, while reporting on NYC hospitals seems a little suspect.
It gets better though.
Days later after being called out, they were caught again using the same exact Italian hospital footage while reporting on the pandemic with regard to Pennsylvania.
After @CBSNews was called out for airing footage of a hospital in Italy and saying it was New York, they apologized and said it was an error.
Less than a week later, they aired the same footage, this time when talking about Pennsylvania.
(h/t @lieggiji) pic.twitter.com/omTu6twgPm
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) April 8, 2020
Oh, CBS just can’t stop bringing the fake news.
They’re not only using footage from abroad to describe U.S. based hospitals, but they also posted a video testimony from a nurse sobbing about how her hospital wouldn’t let them wear, or even provide, N95 masks in the COVID-19 ICU.
During this attempt at a raw testimonial, former nurse Imaris Vera stated:
“I quit my job today. I went into work and I was assigned to a COVID patient on [sic] an ICU unit that has been converted to a designated COVID unit.
None of the nurses are wearing masks, not even surgical masks in the hallways when they’re giving reports to each other. I had my own N95 mask.”
Through teary eyes, Vera then says:
“I told my manager, I understand we’re short on supplies, but let me protect myself. Let me feel safe.”
Guess what?
The nurse was caught lying. Unfortunately, not until after the video was viewed millions of times.
Individuals in the comments section from the Twitter-posted video knew there was something fishy before CBS News issued a correction of sorts.
I find this extremely hard to believe. She says she has her own N-95 mask but her hospital refused to let her wear it?
Which hospital? Has any journalist vetted this woman? Has anyone bothered calling the hospital to ask them questions?
— Mandy ☕🦋🇺🇸 (@SpringSteps) April 5, 2020
You know it’s getting bad when people who are meant to consume media can tell when something seems off.
Because, to be frank, who would honestly believe that a hospital would not allow, or provide, someone to wear PPE while working in an ICU?
Did they remove the video though? Nope, they left their fake news up there.
Imaris Vera, the nurse in this video, clarified her experience on Monday in a tweet: “We were each assigned 1 N95 per 1 covid patient’s room but was not allowed to wear it outside of the room, wear our own N95 mask around the Nurses station or Halls, which I came prepared with.”
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 6, 2020
CBS News simply stated the following underneath the video:
“Imaris Vera, the nurse in this video, clarified her experience on Monday in a tweet: ‘We were each assigned 1 N95 per 1 covid patient’s room but was not allowed to wear it outside of the room, wear our own N95 mask around the Nurses station or Halls, which I came prepared with.’”
Seems as though they were just too thirsty for a headline of doom and gloom.
If they’d looked into Vera’s other social media posts, they would have seen that maybe…she’s a little off.
Internet sleuths didn’t take long to find video posts of Vera’s strange rantings weeks prior to her tear-jerking video.
Nothing to see here…pic.twitter.com/JANB406D9K
— Kevin Dalton (@NextLAMayor) April 6, 2020
Of course, Vera has since deleted her social media accounts.
Even the presidential dropout Bernie Sanders shared Vera’s fake account of the hospital ICU, with the statement of outrage to accompany it:
“It is insane that our nurses are being forced to care for the sick without masks and respirators. The Department of Labor must immediately issue emergency workplace standards to protect our health workers, their families, and their patients.”
It is insane that our nurses are being forced to care for the sick without masks and respirators. The Department of Labor must immediately issue emergency workplace standards to protect our health workers, their families, and their patients. https://t.co/Z8dWqtxz5X
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) April 5, 2020
Between hospital footage being used incorrectly and very deceptively, and sharing false accounts of the state of affairs for nurses working in hospital ICUs, CBS News reigns supreme in the mainstream phony corona-coverage.
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