Friday, October 8, 2021

IN THE NEWS: THE NEW YORK TIMES...AGAIN....ISSUES LENGTHY CORRECTION AFTER EGREGIOUSLY EXAGGERATING COVID CHILD HOSPITALIZATIONS

Ed. Note: From time to time, this blog is trolled with "demands"/"requests" to print stories from papers that have proven to be less than accurate when it comes to matters of...Covid-19 reporting.  This blog has adopted a wait and see posture--and with good reason.  Here's the latest example below.

NY TIMES ISSUES CORRECTION AFTER EGREGIOUSLY EXAGGERATING CORONAVIRUS CHILD HOSPITALIZATIONS

The New York Times issued a lengthy correction after numerous mistakes in an article about coronvirus vaccinations for children, including the egregious exaggeration of coronavirus hospitalizations among U.S. children.

The article by Apoorva Mandavilli documented how the U.S. is forging ahead on full vaccination for children while other countries are experimenting with just one shot after weighing the risks.

Health officials in those countries are particularly worried about increasing data suggesting that myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart, may be more common among adolescents and young adults after vaccination than had been thought.

But in documenting the extent of the coronavirus pandemic among children in the U.S., Mandavilli missed the mark by a wide margin....READ MORE HERE

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AND FROM YAHOO NATIONAL REVIEW AT https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-times-retracts-massive-exaggeration-163906675.html

This story is trending and there are numerous sources out there. As always, do your own due diligence.

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