A viral meme claims that the CDC is over-reporting COVID-19 deaths and that only 6% of people who were listed as dying of COVID-19 actually died from the virus.
The meme is false and springs from people who don’t understand the word “comorbidity.” What the CDC actually said was that only 6% of people who died from COVID had no other pre-exisitng conditions or “comorbidities.”
In the video above, Dr. Roy Benaroch explains why the meme is false and what the CDC report means. He will also help you understand what a comorbidity is and points out that most Americans have at least one of them.
Dr. Benaroch is a pediatrician at Pediatric Physicians, PC in Roswell and has provided regular video updates on how the virus is impacting Georgia.
Thom Chandler
Thom Chandler is the editor of The Georgia Sun and has been writing, editing and managing websites and blogs since 1995. He is a lifelong Georgian and one of those increasingly rare Atlanta natives.
