Earlier today, Apoorva Mandavilli, the New York Times’ go-to journaler of Covid “science,” published a real masterpiece of agitprop titled The Coronavirus May Spread From Corpses, Scientists Report. Even if the headline isn’t enough, the Times managed to overstate COVID’s case fatality rate (CFR) by more than three-fold, falsely stating that “about 3 percent of those diagnosed with Covid-19” die.
Someone needs to apprise Apoorva that the spring 2020 mortality event is a global outlier that raises numerous questions about whether hospital protocols killed thousands of people.
Since we're here cataloging the shameless dishonesty of the NYT's Apoorva Mandavilli, let's not forget her greatest hit:
“Someday we will stop talking about the lab leak theory and maybe even admit its racist roots. But alas, that day is not today.".
So according to the paper of record, a laboratory leak of a virus: RACIST; but a global pandemic created because the Chinese love to eat fried bats and pangolin: NOT RACIST.
These people rely so much on hitting their opponents with promiscuous bigotry accusations (for them it is like a skeleton key or Swiss Army knife, always there for any emergency need) that they can't help themselves, even when it makes them look like desperate liars.
How in the world did she win a prize for excellence in medical science reporting? Must we automatically distrust, even disbelieve the New Yrk Times? Why not?
Check out Del Bigtree’s The Highwire episode today for another New York Times Covid blunder. Rather incredibly, the Times article supported new masking citing strong science in favor—and then linked to a study that failed to reach statistical significance backing that conclusion. Naturally other more robust data arguing against masking were ignored.
Scientists say that COVID-19 can manipulate time and space. COVID-19 can travel back in time, and infect you in the past, making you sick in the present!
The point is that the media's "corrections" are never actually read. And the New York Times knows this. That's why they ALWAYS lie up front. Because that's what everyone remembers. This is also how propaganda works.
They expect you to believe that around 162,000 a year die from Flu related illnesses, but 900,000 died from COVID, which has nearly the same infection fatality rate? That would mean (5) times more people died from COVID.
There are only two possibilities. The CDC numbers for Flu related illness deaths are completely wrong, or the COVID death numbers are completely wrong.
Nobody was being paid to claim that a patient died of the Flu, but they WERE PAID if a patient died of COVID.
Do you think anyone reads that rag anymore? I am surprised they are still in business. But they probably get lots of money from their 'sponsors' and 'advertizers'
Is she one of Klaus' mob, or in receipt of Gates' largesse? The increase in such articles mentioning Ebola raises the suspicion that the public may be being subtly prepared for Billy's "next pandemic" to which he has notoriously alluded.
There once was a certain guy named Alex Berenson, who was NY Times science reporter, who did not make such stupid mistakes.
But NY Times let him go due to vaccine skepticism and replaced Alex with Apoorva.
Alex is now making many times his NY Times salary
Someone needs to apprise Apoorva that the spring 2020 mortality event is a global outlier that raises numerous questions about whether hospital protocols killed thousands of people.
Comments are not available on the article but I sent my comment to the NY Times corrections dept....
> This article states that the Covid-19 fatality rate is 3% of infected patients, the actual IFR has been established at .15%, not 3%.
>>Thank you for contacting The New York Times. We appreciate readers who share their feedback and help us report thoroughly and accurately.
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Since we're here cataloging the shameless dishonesty of the NYT's Apoorva Mandavilli, let's not forget her greatest hit:
“Someday we will stop talking about the lab leak theory and maybe even admit its racist roots. But alas, that day is not today.".
So according to the paper of record, a laboratory leak of a virus: RACIST; but a global pandemic created because the Chinese love to eat fried bats and pangolin: NOT RACIST.
These people rely so much on hitting their opponents with promiscuous bigotry accusations (for them it is like a skeleton key or Swiss Army knife, always there for any emergency need) that they can't help themselves, even when it makes them look like desperate liars.
Maybe they meant the vaxx fatality rate.
How in the world did she win a prize for excellence in medical science reporting? Must we automatically distrust, even disbelieve the New Yrk Times? Why not?
Thanks for this history. I still have a few friends and family who have not canceled their New York Times subscriptions…
Check out Del Bigtree’s The Highwire episode today for another New York Times Covid blunder. Rather incredibly, the Times article supported new masking citing strong science in favor—and then linked to a study that failed to reach statistical significance backing that conclusion. Naturally other more robust data arguing against masking were ignored.
Scientists say that COVID-19 can manipulate time and space. COVID-19 can travel back in time, and infect you in the past, making you sick in the present!
The point is that the media's "corrections" are never actually read. And the New York Times knows this. That's why they ALWAYS lie up front. Because that's what everyone remembers. This is also how propaganda works.
They expect you to believe that around 162,000 a year die from Flu related illnesses, but 900,000 died from COVID, which has nearly the same infection fatality rate? That would mean (5) times more people died from COVID.
There are only two possibilities. The CDC numbers for Flu related illness deaths are completely wrong, or the COVID death numbers are completely wrong.
Nobody was being paid to claim that a patient died of the Flu, but they WERE PAID if a patient died of COVID.
I think it's pretty clear what went on here...
Mandavilli appears to be suffering from delusions of relevancy.
Trying to prevent the truth from being discovered through autopsies.
I thought the fatality rate - IFR or CFR - was established to be around .15% for Covid-19, not 1% or 3%
Never heard of her for the past three years. Why would anyone take their medical advice from a newspaper reporter? Can’t understand that. 🤡🌏
The NYT is using 3% because it's likely close to the vaxx fatality rate.
Do you think anyone reads that rag anymore? I am surprised they are still in business. But they probably get lots of money from their 'sponsors' and 'advertizers'
Is she one of Klaus' mob, or in receipt of Gates' largesse? The increase in such articles mentioning Ebola raises the suspicion that the public may be being subtly prepared for Billy's "next pandemic" to which he has notoriously alluded.