No, the CDC did not ‘quietly adjust’ US coronavirus deaths
Facts And Fact Checking,Public Health,CDC,Coronavirus,Misinformation And Disinformation,COVID-19 Misinformation
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump shared two posts that falsely claimed COVID-19 deaths are not as high as previously thought.
The posts claimed that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 death numbers to show that only 9,210 Americans have died from the virus. Twitter removed the first tweet for violating its rules. Another post from Jenna Ellis, a senior legal adviser for the Trump campaign, linked to a story from the Gateway Pundit, a conservative news site. That tweet was still up as of publication.
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