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2023-09-15 12:00:02 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

According to the US CDC, 1,847 children (under 18) died of COVID-19. if the claimed rate of child sex trafficking were true, that would suggest 120 million children in the United States have been sex trafficked. Only 73 million children currently live in the US. https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-Focus-on-Ages-0-18-Yea/nr4s-juj3 https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/population/qa01104.asp#:~:text=How%20many%20youth%20are%20there,5%20%2D%20were%20under%20age%2018.

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• According to the US CDC, 1,847 children (under 18) died of COVID-19. if the claimed rate of child sex trafficking were true, that would suggest 120 million children in the United States have been sex trafficked. Only 73 million children currently live in the US. https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-Focus-on-Ages-0-18-Yea/nr4s-juj3 https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/population/qa01104.asp#:~:text=How%20many%20youth%20are%20there,5%20%2D%20were%20under%20age%2018.