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Posted on 04/27/2020 8:31:29 PM PDT by Beave Meister
Pennsylvania has removed hundreds of COVID-19 deaths from the official death count after coroners pointed out the state’s health department numbers did not match their own.
Pennsylvania Health Department officials had included in their count “probable” coronavirus deaths in cases where they believed the virus was the cause of death but did not have confirmation from a positive test result, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Officials removed over 200 probable deaths from their official tally on Thursday in what they said was an effort to be transparent.
“We realize that this category can be confusing, since it does change over time,” Health Secretary Rachel Levine said.
“At times, there are things we need to review, and potentially revisit the way the data is being analyzed,” she added. “And this is one of those times.”
(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...
Like The Ballerina said, never let a good crisis go to waste.
Gonna mess up a few graphs.
This is a very positive development. Let’s hope this honest reporting snowballs and we see many more downward revisions.
This tragic government-orchestrated overreaction is crippling the economy and can’t end soon enough.
By the way, where are all the chicken littles that dominated these FR threads just weeks ago?
When will they apologize and make amends for their fear-mongering, by correcting the record, speaking out in favor of ending these crippling self-imposed economic sanctions?
IOW, the Demagogic Party regijme pigs got caught.
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PA Health Secretary/Ballerina
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