CDC chief corrects Sotomayor’s pediatric COVID hospitalization claim

CDC chief Dr. Rochelle Walensky on Sunday was compelled to right US Supreme Court docket Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s dramatically inflated declare that there are 100,000 pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations.

In an interview with “Fox Information Sunday,” Walensky was pressed to verify that there are truly fewer than 3,500 children with the virus in hospitals.

“Yeah,” Walensky replied, reducing down the justice’s improper assertion Friday.

“However, you understand, right here’s what I can inform you about our pediatric hospitalizations now,” continued the top of the federal Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention.

“Initially, the overwhelming majority of youngsters who're within the hospital are unvaccinated, and for these youngsters who will not be eligible for vaccination, we do know they're almost definitely to get sick with COVID if their relations aren’t vaccinated,” she stated, pushing the Biden administration’s mantra that the unvaxxed are fueling the continued pandemic.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky was compelled to right Supreme Court docket Justice Sonya Sotomayor’s declare that 100,000 children had been within the hospitals with COVID-19 when the quantity was truly fewer than 3,500.

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor dramatically and wrongly claimed that there are 100,000 pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations.

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Sotomayor made her overinflated hospital declare throughout oral arguments in a case involving the White Home’s vaccine mandate for personal companies with not less than 100 staff.

“We have now over 100,000 youngsters, which we’ve by no means had earlier than, in critical situation and lots of on ventilators,” the justice stated.

In his interview with Walensky on Sunday, Fox Information anchor Brett Baier grilled the CDC chief about whether or not she felt any accountability to set the file straight on the exaggerated numbers.

Justice Sonya Sotomayor made her overinflated hospital declare throughout oral arguments in a case involving the White Home’s vaccine mandate for personal companies with not less than 100 staff.

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“And do you're feeling accountability because the CDC director to right a really massive mischaracterization by one of many Supreme Court docket justices?” he requested.

“Yeah, right here’s what I’ll inform you. I’ll inform you that, proper now, 17 — in case you’re unvaccinated, you’re 17 instances extra more likely to be within the hospital and 20 instances extra more likely to die than in case you’re boosted,” Walensky stated.

“And so, what my accountability is, is to supply steerage and proposals to guard the American folks. These suggestions strongly suggest vaccination for our kids above the age of 5 and boosting for everybody above the age of 18 in the event that they’re eligible.”