Fox News talk show host Tucker Carlson, anchor Harris Faulkner, and analyst Brit Hume have suggested the coronavirus death toll is being inflated by including people with preexisting conditions—health officials disagree
have suggested the coronavirus death toll, which stood at 15,000 in the U.S. and over 90,000 worldwide on Thursday, is too high because it includes the deaths of those already sick to begin with.
“Well, it seems entirely possible that doctors are classifying conventional pneumonia deaths as COVID-19 deaths,” Carlson said on his talk show Tuesday, adding “that would mean this epidemic is being credited for thousands of deaths that would have occurred if the virus never appeared here” ., saying that even though the virus is “particularly damaging” for people with preexisting conditions, their “underlying condition did not cause [their death]” — the coronavirus did.
Fauci, following up on Birx’s comments, was more critical of conspiracy theories in general: “You will always have conspiracy theories when you have a very challenging public health crises. They are nothing but distractions.” For months, allies of President Trump in conservative media have downplayed the coronavirus outbreak and suggested some are using it as a “political weapon” against the president, as Fox News’ Sean Hannity
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