Minnesota legislators say COVID-19 death totals have been inflated in their state, call for an audit

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Two Minnesota state representatives are calling for a national audit of the published coronavirus death totals nationwide, claiming that the figures have been inflated by including individuals who died of obviously non-illness related reasons (like car crashes) after they had a positive test for the novel coronavirus.

Reps. Mary Franson and Scott Jensen, both Republicans, made the comments on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Tuesday. According to Franson, “I enlisted some people that are really good at understanding data … to go through those death files and what I found was shocking because I was just hoping that it was a myth, but indeed, Minnesota is classifying some deaths as COVID when clearly, they should not be.”

Franson went on to state her belief that the mischaracterized deaths are part of the reason that the state remains in lockdown, which is harming the state’s economy. She specifically noted that restaurants are only allowed to serve people in Minnesota outside, which is obviously less than ideal in December.

Jensen specifically faulted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the mischaracterized deaths, saying, “When the Department of Health and the CDC [Centers for Disease Control] decided to change the rules that had been in place for 17 years by encouraging the diagnosis of COVID-19 in situations that we never would have otherwise, they were abandoning their long-held commitment to precisely identifying the inciting or the initiating event that would lead to a sequence of events that would lead to a person’s demise.”

According to official totals, over 344,000 Americans have died of the coronavirus as of the time of the publication of this article. The exact number of these deaths that should be counted as coronavirus deaths has been the subject of controversy, since essentially everyone who dies while under a coronavirus diagnosis — regardless of whether coronavirus was the primary or even significant contributing factor to their death — is being included in the totals. Medical professionals and the CDC have argued that those deaths should be included in totals when the novel coronavirus was one of several contributing illnesses that led to a person’s death.

However, a number of stories have emerged since the start of the pandemic of individuals who have died of obviously non-coronavirus related causes (like car wrecks, assaults, etc.) being included in coronavirus death totals because they had been diagnosed with coronavirus. It is as yet unknown how widespread these errors might be.

Minnesota remains under lockdown orders imposed by Minnesota’s Democratic governor Tim Walz. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has aggressively targeted Minnesota bars and restaurants who have violated these orders, leading many small business owners in the state to chafe against the lockdown restrictions.

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22 Comments

  1. The China Virus has been exaggerated al over the country to scare people into puking up their rights. So many stupid sheep!

  2. There are two reasons for inflating the numbers.
    (If true) The medical facillity verifying covid-19 virus deaths gets something like $30,000 payment for each “virus death”.
    and,
    It provides for control of the masses, in conditioning to government control (for the good of the people who need direction).

  3. The coronavirus deaths have been inflated and done so to scare the population and keep them under the thumb of the damocrat leaders. Take a good look at Callifonia, New York and Minnesota.

  4. Finally, Maybe we’ll get some real data. I had a cousin that was Stage 4 lung cancer. His death was listed and reported as a Covid death.

    1. it is NOTHING but a strong flu virus that the demonrats paid china to make and then went behind the president’s back and let plane loads of infected people in AFTER the border was closed

      1. YOU, Sir, are absolutely correct.
        The American, (and other worldwide) peoples are being manipulated for the goal of economic changes, and a takeover by the Communist Chinese Republic. This has been a goal of the One-World government folks for decades. It also involves population control, as embraced and promoted by those Elites like Bill Gates. This encompasses both Republican and Democrat politicians. We commoners and citizens are of no consequence to them.

    2. The virus is real but according to doctors and real scientists cure rate at about 99% if there are not extenuating problems with people who get it. The biggest problem we have is the democrats keeping people scared so they will do what the dems tell them to do. Kind of like if we follow along like mice following the piper right in to the water they will find something else to see if we will continue to follow. Sounds like socialism right into communism.

    3. You do know that people with morbidity issues die EVERY year from the FLU? Of those who catch covid, 99.2% recover. Of the United States population, the death rate is .001%. Have you noted that no one dies of a heart attack, renal failure, diabetes, cancer who also has covid even though covid was NOT the cause of the death?

  5. as was seen during the election, if you leave the counting to demonrats and their lackeys, the count comes ut the way the liars want it. CDC and health depts work for the demonrats not us

  6. Since Trump lose people want to make a issue out of anything. Let’s say it’s not a virus. People are still dying from something and they all have the same symptoms and same way of catching it.

    So why don’t you people make a issue of Trump lying, cheating, praising dictators, making and keeping the rich richer, using our taxes dollars to pay for these baseless cases, not paying taxes, putting your donations in his pocket, playing golf over 320 days of his 4 yr term which mean he only governed 3yrs, oh my fault he hasn’t really governed most of 2020. Do something about that!!!

    1. You are a moron. Trump is the best thing that ever happened to this country. The democrats tried everything they could to get rid of him and the whole time he did everything to improve America and work with other countries to instill peace.

      1. Trump has a character flaw and if you are ok with what he has done in the people house. You have a character flaw as well. I bet you won’t except that same behavior from Biden.

    2. Because much of what you cite is untrue, and because he has STILL accomplished Waaay More than any previous POTUS. He works harder than any recent POTUS, and he is getting things done, that he promised. He actually LOVES AMERICA, and all she stands for.

    1. Not the Lizard planet you fools live on obviously. It’s going to get ugly and you’re not going to like it but don’t worry the big boys in the room will take care of everything like we always do. Happy 2021!

  7. “THIS JUST IN ! ! It has just been reported that one Elihu Sternwallow, a formerly healthy citizen has died due to the Coronavirus. According to the sources familiar with the situation, Sternwallow was diagnosed positive for Covid by an assistant sanitation specialist, and fled the hospital where he was then run over by a Corona beer truck. Experts say that this death is the forty-seven-millionth Covid fatality in this state.”

  8. if your so afraid of a virus stay home and live like a hermit i will not nor will i accept a violation of my basic human rights to gather , work and be free , if i die i die and if you die you die , WE ALL DIE REGARDLESS. SO STAY HOME AND MISS LIFE . AND DIE UNHAPPY AND FOOLED INTO HIDING BY POLITICAL CONSITIUONAL ASSASSINS ….. i will just go about my business like i always do, and live free i will not hide , nor wear a mask of shame , i am American proud and not going to give you chicken shit commies the time of day except to kick you off my home stead when you come crying because some one with more guns than you took your stuff .. try it with me or Americans like me who took an oath to protect America. you will see …. Mr. President just waiting for orders , and we will respond in force ,,,,, #$@! these commies ..

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