NY Times corrected article that said nearly 900,000 children have been hospitalized w/COVID in US when actual number is 63,000 + op-ed cited data showing unvaccinated child has less risk of being infected w/virus than a fully vaccinated 70-year-old.
NYT Vastly Overstates Number of Children Hospitalized With COVID, as Data Show COVID Risk for Kids ‘Not Extraordinary Threat’
10-12-21
The New York Times, in an article published Oct. 6, overstated the number of children hospitalized with COVID in the U.S. by more than 800,000. The Times acknowledged the mistake, and other errors in the same article, the following day by adding a correction to the end of the original piece.
The Times initially reported “nearly 900,000 children have been hospitalized” with COVID since the pandemic began. The corrected article, updated Oct. 7, states “more than 63,000 children were hospitalized with COVID-19 from August 2020 to October 2021.”
