38% of US adults believe government is faking Covid-19 death toll

Re:38% of US adults believe government is faking Covid-19 de... by refurb on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:42AM (#29172867)

Jeeze. Sensationalist reporting.

The actual survey question was “Do you think the government is exaggerating the number of Covid 19 deaths?”

That’s different than “faked”. One could answer “true” if they believed anyone who dies and tested positive from Covid is counted as a Covid death, which overestimates what people imagine when they think of “Covid death”. That would be exaggerating the numbers, but not necessarily faking them.

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Re:38% of US adults believe government is faking Covid-19 de... by giga_chad on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @04:44AM (#29172884)

Is it really such a stretch of imagination that the government could be faking/gaming some stats?

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Re:38% of US adults believe government is faking Covid-19 de... by refurb on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @06:26AM (#29173507)

No, it’s not. They’ve done so in the past.

My argument is just that the headline doesn’t even summarize the survey correctly. The 38% who said “yes” were agreeing to a much softer conclusion.

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