The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has deleted tens of thousands of deaths associated to COVID-19 from its database, blaming it on a coding error. The database include roughly a quarter of those under the age of 18.
On March 15, the health agency secretly updated its data tracker website.
According to the CDC's website, “Data on deaths were adjusted after resolving a coding logic error. This resulted in decreased death counts across all demographic categories.”
COVID-19 deaths are reported by states and other authorities, and the CDC acknowledges on its website that the data is incomplete.
However, doctors and others frequently reference the numbers when advocating for COVID-19 immunisation, including those who feel that practically all children should be vaccinated. The CDC's director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, used the tracker's death total in November 2021 in favor of an expert panel advising her organisation to promote immunisation for all children a...