Topic: Nueces County

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Infodemic
Episode 1261

1261: Infodemic

Nueces County COVID-19 Infant Infection Statistics Deconstruction

The public health director of Nueces County, Texas, reported that 85 infants tested positive for COVID-19 in Corpus Christi. This report is identified as "fear porn" because it failed to clarify that the 85 cases were a cumulative total since March 2020 rather than a sudden spike. Media outlets further conflated these statistics with the county's total death toll of 82 to imply high infant mortality.