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Fact Checking Claims About a Statement by Rochelle Walensky
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Fact Checking Claims About a Statement by Rochelle Walensky

A viral video of the CDC director discussing COVID deaths and comorbidities is missing context.
Fact Checking Claims About a Statement by Rochelle Walensky

On Monday, a video went viral in which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said, “The overwhelming number of [COVID-19] death, over 75%, occurred in people who had at least four comorbidities.” 

The video came from an interview Walensky did on Good Morning America, and was cited as proof that coronavirus is a virus with limited risk for all but the already ill.

Alec Dent is a former culture editor and staff writer for The Dispatch.

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