I was on the CDC site today, where everyone should go to get their information, and came across a confusing list of statistics. From February 1st to April 25th the CDC said there were 37,000 covid deaths.
CDC.gov source - Provisional Death Counts for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19):
This must be a typo I thought for sure and scrolled down to see more data. It confirmed what I read, listing deaths on the state level leaving me more confused then ever. I went to another CDC page, CDC.gov - Cases in the U.S., and its numbers were more in line what we've all been told.
But when I read the fine print it became apparent that the media and others were using slight of hand. Intentional? The 64,000 were estimated numbers while the 37,000 were clinically confirmed. Some may argue the 64,000 is according to a model and actual deaths take time to catch up. I would counter how accurate have models been, remember that prediction of 100 to 200 thousand deaths even with social distancing?
When covid was new I understood theoretical model and their wild numbers, because we didn't know much. But now that we have actual clinical data, why are we still pushing theoretical as fact, when it has proven time and time again to be drastically wrong?
Now before you get in a tizzy, if you've bothered to read this far, I'm not saying covid isn't serious or we shouldn't be social distancing.
I'm sure there are conspiracy theories out there, I'm not here to entertain that. Just the facts that you can read for yourself and make your own decisions. I have said time and time again not to blindly trust what you're being told, even and especially if its from the government, who has proven over and over as fact, it always has an agenda. There may be no malice in what they are saying, but that doesn't mean its not twisted, exaggerated or incomplete.
In the words of one of my favorite journalist John Dickerson of CBS news -“ If your mother tells you she loves you, check it out.”. John Dickerson's notebook: What we know that ain't so