2026-08-03 00:45 UTC
RFK Jr was likely trying to use a COVID disinformation tactic, but he messed up the delivery.
To deceive, the right likes to say that *Emergency Room* visits fell in 2020.
While that stat is true, it’s because many people use the ER as primary care. But in 2020 they avoided the ER and delayed care due to social distancing.
Meanwhile, some hospitals had to increase intensive care beds by over 300% to due to an influx of critical COVID patients.
So in 2020, ER visits fell, but ICUs were full.
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@luckytran@mastodon.social 2026-08-03 01:20
Of course this is a common tactic among antivaxxers: Take something factual and use it way out of context to boost your lie.