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2024-05-13 23:15:16 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B05F12E4450AD5F3855B521A302D70D9C433808A4D191F1CFD409C93EEE14640
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According to the Daily Beast, in 2020, Trump suggested the CDC data could have been incorrectly tallied or even inflated by methodology. https://www.thedailybeast.com/team-trump-pushes-cdc-to-dial-down-covid-death-counts#:~:text=In%20talks%20with,senior%20administration%20officials In 2022, the CDC determined the death count was incorrectly inflated by methodology and revised downward. https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/cdc-reports-fewer-covid-19-pediatric-deaths-after-data-correction-2022-03-18/#:~:text=The%20health%20agency,deaths%2C%20CDC%20said https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/24/cdc-coding-error-overcount-covid-deaths#:~:text=A%20total%20of%2072%2C277%20deaths%20in%20all%20age%20groups%20reported%20across%2026%20states%20were%20removed%20from%20the%20tracker%20%E2%80%9Cbecause%20CDC%E2%80%99s%20algorithm%20was%20accidentally%20counting%20deaths%20that%20were%20not%20Covid%2D19%2Drelated%E2%80%9D%2C%20Jasmine%20Reed%2C%20a%20spokesperson%20for%20the%20agency%2C%20told%20the%20Guardian
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