Is The CDC Downplaying New York’s Failures By Listing NY State And NYC Separately In Database?
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Is The CDC Downplaying New York’s Failures By Listing NY State And NYC Separately In Database?

Ian Haworth

Data is an interesting and vital component of any political debate. While “numbers don’t lie,” the selective presentation of numbers can allow certain narratives to be pushed, and others to be hidden or dismissed.

This appears to be the case when it comes to COVID-19 statistics which — in their unedited form — provide evidence of the abject failure of New York’s COVID-19 response.

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