A man at the senator’s Waterloo, Iowa, campaign event, who said he believed the U.S. coronavirus death toll has been overcounted, prompted her to respond that she too was “so skeptical,” the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported.
“These health-care providers and others are reimbursed at a higher rate if COVID is tied to it, so what do you think they’re doing?” she asked the crowd.
The Iowa Republican’s remarks doubting the coronavirus death toll reflects conspiracy theories promoted by proponents of QAnon that public health experts have railed against as untrue, The Washington Post noted. Medical experts have repeatedly said they believe the death toll is actually undercounted, because many local governments do not have the capacity to measure deaths in realtime.
Ernst detailed her comments further in an interview with the Courier, saying doctors and medical workers “do get reimbursed higher amounts if it’s a COVID-related illness or disease.”
Anyone who doesn't KNOW the numbers are inflated better look at Florida, where a man was killed in a motorcycle accident and the state INSISTED it was a Covid death.
ReplyDeleteThere's MONEY in Covid deaths. For the state and the hospital.
Quit acting like there isn't and quit acting like they don't go for it (the money).
Keep cheering.
Wasn't she one of the Rinos who always voted against President Trump??
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