Lead Stories's video: Fact Check: CDC Did NOT Inflate COVID-19 Numbers And Did NOT Violate Federal Law In Providing

Read full story here: https://hoax-alert.leadstories.com/2021/02/fact-check-cdc-did-not-inflate-covid-19-numbers-and-did-not-violate-federal-law.html FACT CHECK: CDC DID NOT INFLATE COVID-19 NUMBERS AND DID NOT VIOLATE FEDERAL LAW IN PROVIDING DEATH DATA GUIDE Did the CDC inflate COVID-19 death numbers by 1,600% and did it violate federal law by enacting new data collecting rules for cause-of-death reports? No, that's not true: The nation's mortality data expert told Lead Stories The Centers for Disease Control did not change its reporting rules when the COVID-19 virus outbreak began in the United States in 2020. Further, the CDC does not make laws that states must follow to report causes of death, said Robert Anderson, Chief, Mortality Statistics Branch, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.