“Incidental COVID-19 hospitalization data proves that hospitalization numbers are inflated and that the situation isn’t as dire as health officials are making it seem.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 10 Jan 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Not all incidental COVID-19 hospitalizations are the same. For some, infection is mild and their visit unrelated to COVID. But others may be hospitalized to treat issues that were caused or exacerbated by the virus.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 10 January 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 27 January 2022, 17 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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