CDC Head Admits Hospitals Have ‘Perverse’ Incentive to Pad COVID Deaths

Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, admitted on Friday that hospitals have a monetary incentive to over-report coronavirus deaths. “I think you’re correct in that we’ve seen this in other disease processes, too,” he said. “Really, in the HIV epidemic, somebody may have a heart attack but also have … Continue reading CDC Head Admits Hospitals Have ‘Perverse’ Incentive to Pad COVID Deaths