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One hell of a rounding error:

Correction, Aug. 12, 2021: An earlier version of this story overstated the number of children who have been hospitalized in Texas recently with COVID-19. The story said over 5,800 children had been hospitalized during a seven-day period in August, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That number correctly referred to children hospitalized with COVID-19 since the pandemic began. In actuality, 783 children were admitted to Texas hospitals with COVID-19 between July 1 and Aug. 9 of this year.

One hell of a rounding error: Correction, Aug. 12, 2021: An earlier version of this story overstated the number of children who have been hospitalized in Texas recently with COVID-19. The story said over 5,800 children had been hospitalized during a seven-day period in August, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That number correctly referred to children hospitalized with COVID-19 since the pandemic began. In actuality, 783 children were admitted to Texas hospitals with COVID-19 between July 1 and Aug. 9 of this year.

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They were only off by an order of magnitude. Give them a break.

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yeah, sometimes we multiply the number by 50 or so. It just grabs attention better and we can always correct it later.

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Damage is done, no one pays attention to the corrections

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We have 100s of thousands of illegals pouring across the border bringing who knows what disease with them.

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As if I give a shit about some beaner niglet that has bacterial pneumonia from crawling on the carpet of his filthy trailer

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Race demographics please?