New York Times quietly admits COVID deaths were overcounted by 'almost one-third'

The New York Times is now quietly admitting that the death toll from Covid-19 was overcounted by at least a third.

Buried in the 17th paragraph of a newsletter titled "A Positive COVID Milestone" by David Leonhardt, a former Washington bureau chief for the outlet wrote: “The official number is probably an exaggeration because it includes some people who had [the] virus when they died even though it was not the underlying cause of death. Other CDC data suggests that almost one-third of official recent Covid deaths have fallen into this category. A study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases came to similar conclusions.”

Leonhardt added, "Almost a year ago, President Biden angered some public health experts when he declared, ‘The pandemic is over.’ He may have been premature to make that declaration. But the excess-deaths milestone suggests that it’s true now: The pandemic is finally over."

Here's the key excerpt from yesterday's New York Times article acknowledging that government "COVID death" statistics are unreliable. pic.twitter.com/OWKaFzFmRY

— Jim Walsh (@JimWalshLD19) July 18, 2023