“CDC Director Finally Admits that COVID Cases were Over-Counted in Hospitals - Just as Gateway Pundit and Donald Trump Reported in August.”
What FactCheck.org found
The CDC director said the agency knew of 223 breakthrough fatalities among fully vaccinated individuals, but “not all … died of COVID.” She did not say “many, many hospitals” previously “overcounted” COVID-19 deaths.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
The Gateway Pundit (Website) made this claim around 17 May 2021. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 May 2021, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
The Gateway Pundit has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 8 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.