Media Reports: First Infant Dies of Coronavirus - That's a Lie!

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4 years ago 03/28/2020 6:03pm EDT

This is the perfect example of why the media is dishonest. The child that is being reported as a coronavirus death merely tested positive for the coronavirus. They HAVE NOT determined a cause of death yet. The child had been hospitalized for 4 weeks prior with other medical conditions including a bowel obstruction.

Meanwhile, the CDC reports 155 actual pediatric deaths from influenza for this flu season, the highest number since the 2009 pandemic. Six children died of the flu last week and 11 in the last 2 weeks. This is why so many are distrustful.

Most of the media outlets are reporting this as an infant dies from coronavirus, some are saying it's a coronavirus related death and some are saying that an infant that tested positive for the coronavirus has died. Those are 3 different things entirely and only 1 of them is accurate and even the accurate one is misleading and reported only to incite panic and fear.

Wejo is going to be pissed that I am posting again but again I provide the sources to back up what I say. It's completely in context and 100% relevant. The media needs to stop the lies!

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/cook-county-infant-dies-from-coronavirus-first-in-us/2246475/

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm

4 years ago 03/28/2020 6:04pm EDT

re: Facts Matter?

4 years ago 03/29/2020 4:06pm EDT

re: Facts Matter?

In the same article they said that the child died of the coronavirus. Big headline. Then In the fine print the say that the child could have died from something else. They already counted the child as a coronavirus death and reported it as such without even knowing if that was actually the cause. Everyone that tests positive is not a coronavirus death.

It really seems like they are trying to push the numbers as high as possible.

https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/california-child-dies-of-coronavirus-believed-to-be-first-kid-fatality-in-us/

4 years ago 03/29/2020 4:21pm EDT

re: Facts Matter?

Bit of a straw man. The WAPO and NYT didn't report on it all and CNN said the cause of death is under investigation. I don't believe that the NY Post is part of the evil liberal media.

4 years ago 03/29/2020 4:25pm EDT

re: Facts Matter?

"Just the flu, bro"

"Just a lockdown, bro"

"Just my lungs, bro"

*Glug* *Glug* *Glug* (translated, "Just drowning in my own fluids, bro. Totally unrelated to the virus")

4 years ago 03/29/2020 5:13pm EDT

re: SDSU Aztec

SDSU Aztec wrote:
Bit of a straw man. The WAPO and NYT didn't report on it all and CNN said the cause of death is under investigation. I don't believe that the NY Post is part of the evil liberal media.

That's not true, CNN was reporting it on air live with no mention of it being under investigation. Good ole Wolf says that the first infant died in Illinois and that it's scary. No context at all. They also reported it on their site with the misleading headline.

Fox News also reported on it with a big headline and the "under investigation" in the print. It's also what they say on air that is bullsh!t. They make no mention of it being under investigation or that they don't actually know the cause of death. Just fear, fear, fear. And yes, the NYT reported it also, but they are not on television 24/7 driving fear and panic. There were so many news outlets misreporting this death with BIG HEADLINES that are completely misleading. Journalistic integrity is gone!

And yet you are STILL missing the point. Yet again people are so hell bent of trying to pick apart the minutiae, that they miss the big picture. Why is this a story in the first place? Infants die all the time in the PICU. Many of them from the flu; 155 of them since October 1, to be exact. Are you so thick that you cannot see how stupid it is to report 1 infant death from some undetermined cause and not say a single word (OR CARE) about the 155 that died from the flu? A number that according to the CDC is near pandemic levels? Are you really that dug into your position that you cannot admit that the Media is completely sensationalizing this for ratings and doesn't really care about the deaths, they only care about keeping you tuned in?

4 years ago 03/29/2020 5:53pm EDT

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Facts Matter? wrote:
SDSU Aztec wrote:
Bit of a straw man. The WAPO and NYT didn't report on it all and CNN said the cause of death is under investigation. I don't believe that the NY Post is part of the evil liberal media.
That's not true, CNN was reporting it on air live with no mention of it being under investigation. Good ole Wolf says that the first infant died in Illinois and that it's scary. No context at all. They also reported it on their site with the misleading headline.
Fox News also reported on it with a big headline and the "under investigation" in the print. It's also what they say on air that is bullsh!t. They make no mention of it being under investigation or that they don't actually know the cause of death. Just fear, fear, fear. And yes, the NYT reported it also, but they are not on television 24/7 driving fear and panic. There were so many news outlets misreporting this death with BIG HEADLINES that are completely misleading. Journalistic integrity is gone!
And yet you are STILL missing the point. Yet again people are so hell bent of trying to pick apart the minutiae, that they miss the big picture. Why is this a story in the first place? Infants die all the time in the PICU. Many of them from the flu; 155 of them since October 1, to be exact. Are you so thick that you cannot see how stupid it is to report 1 infant death from some undetermined cause and not say a single word (OR CARE) about the 155 that died from the flu? A number that according to the CDC is near pandemic levels? Are you really that dug into your position that you cannot admit that the Media is completely sensationalizing this for ratings and doesn't really care about the deaths, they only care about keeping you tuned in?

Can the 155 PICU flu deaths be pinned on Trump? Can the 1 Corona infant death be (falsely) pinned on Trump? There's the answer.

4 years ago 03/29/2020 6:01pm EDT

re: coronasceptic

coronasceptic wrote:
Facts Matter? wrote:
That's not true, CNN was reporting it on air live with no mention of it being under investigation. Good ole Wolf says that the first infant died in Illinois and that it's scary. No context at all. They also reported it on their site with the misleading headline.
Fox News also reported on it with a big headline and the "under investigation" in the print. It's also what they say on air that is bullsh!t. They make no mention of it being under investigation or that they don't actually know the cause of death. Just fear, fear, fear. And yes, the NYT reported it also, but they are not on television 24/7 driving fear and panic. There were so many news outlets misreporting this death with BIG HEADLINES that are completely misleading. Journalistic integrity is gone!
And yet you are STILL missing the point. Yet again people are so hell bent of trying to pick apart the minutiae, that they miss the big picture. Why is this a story in the first place? Infants die all the time in the PICU. Many of them from the flu; 155 of them since October 1, to be exact. Are you so thick that you cannot see how stupid it is to report 1 infant death from some undetermined cause and not say a single word (OR CARE) about the 155 that died from the flu? A number that according to the CDC is near pandemic levels? Are you really that dug into your position that you cannot admit that the Media is completely sensationalizing this for ratings and doesn't really care about the deaths, they only care about keeping you tuned in?
Can the 155 PICU flu deaths be pinned on Trump? Can the 1 Corona infant death be (falsely) pinned on Trump? There's the answer.

This.

Scumbag Chuck Todd asking Biden if Trump has blood on his hands. There’s a reason so many distrust the disgusting, leftist media. After so many lies, half-truths, misrepresentations, and omissions, the disdain has been earned.

But of course the dutiful Democrats lap this stuff up.

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