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NYT issues embarrassing correction after reporting 900,000 children have been hospitalized in US with Covid when true figure is 63,000: Science reporter who claimed Wuhan lab leak theory has 'racist roots' made series of errors
Daily Mail ^ | October 10, 2021 | SHANNON THALER

Posted on 10/10/2021 11:28:11 AM PDT by LibertyWoman

The New York Times issued a correction on Friday after a reporter said 900,000 children have been hospitalized in the US with Covid-19 when the true figure is a tiny fraction of that: 63,000.

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'The article misstated the number of Covid hospitalizations in US children. It is more than 63,000 from August 2020 to October 2021, not 900,000 since the beginning of the pandemic,' the correction read.

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Mandavilli describes herself on the app as a Times reporter who mainly covers the Covid-19 pandemic.

She sparked widespread outrage earlier this year when she tweeted: 'Someday we will stop talking about the lab leak theory and maybe even admit its racist roots. But alas, that day is not yet here.'

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The Huanan wet market, where the first cluster of infections began, is just a few hundred yards from the Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control and only a few miles from the the Wuhan Institute of Virology Lab, where scientists were reportedly conducting experiments on bats before the pandemic began.

The lab is one of only a handful in the world that is cleared to handle Class 4 pathogens — dangerous viruses that pose a high risk of person-to-person transmission.

Three researchers from the institute sought medical care in November 2019, before the virus began to spread, according to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: children; fraud; media; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nytimes
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1 posted on 10/10/2021 11:28:11 AM PDT by LibertyWoman
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To: LibertyWoman

Just a slight rounding off error.


2 posted on 10/10/2021 11:29:25 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: LibertyWoman

Wonder where the correction was - in a corner on page 47? 51?


3 posted on 10/10/2021 11:31:55 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: LibertyWoman

Epitome of pulling sh*t from thin air, kekw


4 posted on 10/10/2021 11:32:34 AM PDT by cranked
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To: LibertyWoman

5 posted on 10/10/2021 11:32:52 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: LibertyWoman

The NYTimes is a publication that gives aid and comfort to the enemies of the United States.


6 posted on 10/10/2021 11:34:01 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: LibertyWoman

As always, these errors always helps reinforce the liberal narrative with corrections buried on p. A26.


7 posted on 10/10/2021 11:34:18 AM PDT by Obadiah (Truth is treason in an empire of lies.)
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To: LibertyWoman

Yet I can find no report of this hack being fired. How odd! /s


8 posted on 10/10/2021 11:34:32 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Carl Vehse

If today’s nyslime was around in WW2 they’d told the Nazis where Overlord was to happen.


9 posted on 10/10/2021 11:35:48 AM PDT by ealgeone
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Absolutely.


10 posted on 10/10/2021 11:37:56 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: LibertyWoman
Notice that the correction, in an effort to diminish the stupidity, states:
'The article also misstated the number of covid hospitalizations in the U.S. children. It is more than 63,000 from August 2020 to October 2020, not 900,000 since the beginning of the pandemic.'

Get that? It's MORE than 63,000 (we were only off by about 837K, but it's still MORE than 63K! Be afwaid, vewy, vewy, afwaid).

11 posted on 10/10/2021 11:39:02 AM PDT by LibertyWoman (Guard with jealous attention the public Liberty. Patrick Henry)
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To: Carl Vehse

always has


12 posted on 10/10/2021 11:39:52 AM PDT by LibertyWoman (Guard with jealous attention the public Liberty. Patrick Henry)
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To: LibertyWoman

Remember, this is why you can’t trust “anonymous sources” from “the Internet” because they are in league with “Russian disinformation” and “White Supremacists who think Trump won” in order to “spread misinformation and fear” about “safe and effective” vaccinations...


13 posted on 10/10/2021 11:42:08 AM PDT by grey_whiskers ((The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.))
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To: LibertyWoman

Give or take 800,000 or so. Hey, the government loses billions of dollars at a time, so?


14 posted on 10/10/2021 11:43:03 AM PDT by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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To: LibertyWoman

That’s because the “Wuhan Centers for Disease Prevention and Control” and the “Wuhan Institute of Virology Lab” have an office right next to Nazi pee lousy and it all came through the CIA


15 posted on 10/10/2021 11:44:24 AM PDT by knarf
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NYT embarrassed? I beg your pardon. Mistake number 5,989 for this year. “Jan.6 demonstrators outside included majority of white supremacists with large automatic weapons says witness.” “Trump put pressure on officials to overturn honest election results in several states.”

As to the NYT——
Ignorance can be cured. Stupid is forever.


16 posted on 10/10/2021 11:44:51 AM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Menehune56
Nope...instead this is inserted in the article:
'Mandavilli-the 2019 winner of the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Reporting'

You know, just to remind us plebes who we're dealing with and that 'most of the time' she's great. Afterall, she won the Victor Cohn Prize!

17 posted on 10/10/2021 11:46:38 AM PDT by LibertyWoman (Guard with jealous attention the public Liberty. Patrick Henry)
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To: LibertyWoman

Nobody cares.

Nobody.

This is standard Leftism, it is a fundamental premise of how they operate, and they know that people now have the attention span of gnats on amphetamines.

The next stupid Chicom inspired Tic Tok video will take it right out of the minds of people who are having their liberty taken away.


18 posted on 10/10/2021 11:50:09 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: Carl Vehse

The New York Time IS, and HAS been since before WWII, a domestic enemy of the United States.

In a sane world, they would be treated as such.


19 posted on 10/10/2021 11:51:44 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: LibertyWoman
The NYT has been making these minds of so called “errors” for over a hundred years.
Walter Duranty says, “Hello”.
20 posted on 10/10/2021 11:55:47 AM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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