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Report Video IssueUser Clip: CDC Director acknowledges possible inflation in COVID-19 death count
2020-07-31T23:41:28-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/ee8/20200731234222001_hd.jpgThere is monetary incentive for hospitals to report deaths as COVID-19 (C-19) even when the actual cause is not C-19. This type of inaccurate number reporting has also happened in the past with HIV/AIDs per CDC director.
There is monetary incentive for hospitals to report deaths as COVID-19 (C-19) even when the actual cause is not C-19. This type of inaccurate number reporting has also happened in the past with HIV/AIDs per CDC director.