News Outlet Corrects False Claim That Thousands of Kids Hospitalized With COVID-19 in 1 Week
Texas | August 13, 2021
A Texas news outlet on Thursday issued a correction after falsely reporting that thousands of children were hospitalized in the state in a single week with COVID-19.
The Texas Tribune claimed that over 5,800 children were hospitalized during one week in August. The outlet cited the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in making the claim.
However, the outlet later acknowledged it interpreted the information wrongly.
“That number correctly referred to children hospitalized with COVID-19 since the pandemic began. In actuality, 783 children were admitted to Texas hospitals with COVID-19 between July 1 and Aug. 9 of this year,” the Tribune said… (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)