“The CDC may have to stop calling COVID-19 an ‘epidemic’ due to a remarkably low death rate.”
Social media posts
Facebook. Claim dated 9 Jul 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Despite a dip in death rates, which are expected to rise again, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still considers COVID-19 an epidemic. Death rates alone don’t determine whether an outbreak is an ep
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 13 July 2020, 4 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- collective-evolution.comhttps://www.collective-evolution.com/2020/07/09/cdc-may-officially-downgrade-covid-from-a…
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Related checks
- PolitiFact: Mostly True“As of June 23, the COVID-19 death rate is “way down.”