CDC Director Can’t Say How Many Of 836,000 Deaths Are ‘From COVID’ And How Many Are ‘With COVID’

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), appeared unable to say just how many of the over 836,000 Americans whose deaths have been attributed to the coronavirus pandemic might have died “with COVID” rather than “from COVID.”

Fox News anchor Bret Baier asked Walensky about that during her appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” and her response was simply that the data was still coming in, particularly with regard to the rapidly-spreading Omicron variant.

The CDC director is asked by @BretBaier how many of the 800k+ covid deaths are “with covid” as opposed to “from covid” and she has absolutely no answer. This has been THE question for two years and CDC is still hiding this data & dodging the question. pic.twitter.com/F7wYJYTHUs

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) January 9, 2022

“Do you know how many of the 836,000 deaths in the U.S. linked to COVID are from COVID or how many are with COVID but they had other comorbidities? Do you have that breakdown?” Baier asked.

“Yes, of course with Omicron we’re following that very carefully,” Walensky replied, but gave no indication that those numbers were available for the totals prior to the recent Omicron-driven surge in infections. “Our death registry, of course, takes a few weeks to — and is a — takes a few weeks to collect, and of course, Omicron has just been with us for a few weeks, but those data will be forthcoming.” – READ MORE