“The CDC has adjusted their COVID19 deaths from 64,000 to 37,000.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 4 May 2020.
FactCheck.org rated thisFalse
What FactCheck.org found
Claims are spreading the falsehood that the CDC significantly lowered the COVID-19 death toll. There has been no such reduction. These claims confuse two different measures of the number of deaths.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 4 May 2020. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 6 May 2020, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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.
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