Jake Tapper rails against "misleading" CDC COVID hospitalization numbers

Jake Tapper rails against "misleading" CDC COVID hospitalization numbers

The CNN anchor took issue with the way COVID cases are being counted, although he accepts that hospitals are under pressure because of the pandemic.

CNN's Jake Tapper: If Someone Is In The Hospital For A Broken Leg and Has COVID, It's Misleading To Call It a COVID Hospitalization

CNN's Jake Tapper panned for finally saying COVID hospitalization stats are 'misleading': 'Two years too late'

Critics slammed the "Lead" anchor for not making such an observation sooner in the pandemic.

Jake Tapper says it's 'kind of misleading' to count people who test positive for COVID after going to the hospital for other reasons

Jake Tapper makes the distinction of someone in a car crash who tests positive for COVID at the hospital.

CNN, Tapper Finally Discover 'Misleading' COVID Hospitalization Numbers

For nearly two years, and with the midterm election coming up, conservatives and Republicans were vilified as conspiracy theorists for raising questions about COVID hospitalization numbers when it came to who was there because of COVID and who just happened to be infected.

Jake Tapper Criticizes ‘Misleading’ COVID Hospitalization Data

Jake Tapper criticized COVID-19 hospitalization data as "misleading" after it showed roughly 40% of COVID-19 patients in New York were admitted for something else.