Lies, Damn Lies, and COVID-19 Mortality Statistics

And they want amnesty. Dr. Leana Wen slammed after admitting there's been 'overcounting' of COVID deaths: ‘TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATE’

The subtitle tells most of the story.

Wen claimed that the actual COVID-19 death count could only be '30 percent of what's currently reported'

So if you're overcounting by a margin like that, are you completely incompetent at your job, or are you lying to world so that someone (Pfizer, J&J, et al) can get filthy rich? Or are you lying for another reason?

CNN medical analyst and Washington Post columnist Dr. Leana Wen admitted in a column, Friday, that the medical community is "overcounting" the amount of "COVID deaths and hospitalizations."

Wen, who writes an occasional Washington Post column providing her observations on the pandemic, masking and other COVID-related subjects, cited sources claiming that most "patients diagnosed with COVID are actually in the hospital for some other illness."

Go read the rest. It includes studies from other countries (that have admitted this for a long time), the reaction of social media, and discussion of the policy implications.

One of my favorite takes:

Center for Security Policy senior analyst J. Michael Waller slammed the Washington Post over the column, stating, "Not long ago, the Washington Post was calling us conspiracy theorists for saying such things."

What's the difference between a conspiracy theory, and the truth? Just time.