wow, NBC not only doesn’t say “since March”, but there are now only 52 under a year old, despite the same quote about them not having had their first birthdays as yet:
18 Jul: NBC San Diego: 85 Children Under Age 2 Tested Positive for Coronavirus in 1 Texas County as U.S. Sets New Record
“These babies have not even had their first birthdays yet. Please help us to stop the spread of this disease,” the Nueces County public health director said.
More than 80 children under 2 years old, most of them younger than 1 year old, have tested positive for the coronavirus in one Texas county, a local public health official announced, as the United States set a single-day record in the tally of new cases.
The public health director in Nueces County on the Texas Gulf Coast said 85 children under 2 years old, including 52 younger than a year old, have tested positive for the virus.
“These babies have not even had their first birthdays yet,” director Annette Rodriguez said Friday of the infants in the group...
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/coronavirus/85-infants-have-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-in-1-texas-county-as-u-s-sets-new-record/2367995/
believe me, Australians think all 85 babies were found to be “infected” with covid overnight.
bury the FakeNewsMSM.
this was impossible to open (for me), so I had to access it via outline.com.
bury CNN - the Fakest of the FakeNewsMSM:
18 Jul: KRIS6 TV Corpus Christi: Canales clarifies reports about local infant COVID numbers
by Tim Griffin
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — As news about 85 infants testing positive in Nueces County went viral as a national news story, County Judge Barbara Canales made a statement that attempted to provide additional clarification on the report.
Several national news organizations have reported about Nueces County after City County Health Director Annette Rodriguez mentioned at a press briefing on Friday that 85 babies were diagnosed with COVID-19 in Nueces County.
“On Friday, July 17, during a press conference, a spokesperson mentioned that 85 infants under the age of one had tested positive for coronavirus,” Canales said in a statement released Saturday afternoon. “This number reflects the cumulative total of positive tests for infants under the age of 1 since the beginning of testing in mid-March, which has resulted in 8171 positive test results.”
“For context, the spokesperson was using that statistic to illustrate that no one is naturally immune to this virus. While the elderly and those with existing medical conditions are at greater risk of illness and death, anyone can get the virus, from the elderly to infants, and without regard to race, gender, or economic status. The number was used to illustrate this point.”
Canales’ statement was meant to indicate the total number of infants who have tested positive throughout the pandemic.
“However, without this context, stating this number during our press conference led many to believe that we had a sudden surge in infants under the age of one testing positive. We have NOT had a sudden surge of 85 infants testing positive.”...
“Nueces County has been aggressive in testing the family members of those infected, especially those who work or live in high-risk situations: senior care centers, jails, group homes and halfway houses, and meatpacking plants,” Canales said. “By contact tracing and testing the immediate family members for those with known exposure who work in high-risk critical infrastructure jobs, this may account for our higher degree of testing and positive test results among infants.”
One child has died in Nueces County during the pandemic. That person was brought to the hospital with unrelated symptoms and tested for COVID-19 while at the hospital. The child later died at home.
The cause of death for that child still has not been determined, pending an autopsy.
https://www.kristv.com/news/coronavirus/canales-clarifies-reports-about-local-infant-covid-numbers