I want to correct some false information published in the New York Times today. Their article begins:
“As the coronavirus’s toll eased in New York and in European capitals, a devastating wave has struck cities in Latin America, one that rivals the worst outbreaks in the world, an analysis of mortality data by The New York Times has found.” …
Referencing Peru, the article continues:
“In the country’s Amazonian region of Loreto, doctors said Covid-19 patients were dying at a rate of one per hour amid a severe shortage of oxygen tanks.”
STATISTICS FROM PERU’s MINISTRY of HEALTH, updated daily, show 92 total deaths in Loreto Province since March 16, 2020 to today.
The article continues:
“Over all, Lima had about 6,200 deaths in April, or more than twice its historical average for that time period, and roughly equaling Paris’s death rate in its worst month under the pandemic.”
STATISTICS FROM PERU’s MINISTRY of HEALTH show 791 total deaths in LIMA since March 16, 2020 to today.
Lima, a larger city than NYC, has had a total of 791 deaths from the virus as of yesterday, compared to 15,101 in NYC.
Cusco province has had 3 deaths which occurred in the first week of the lockdown and no deaths since then. The TOTAL number of deaths in all of Peru from Covid-19 is 2,169, in a country of almost 30 million people.
This information is readily available to anyone on the internet. What kind of “analysis of mortality data by The New York Times” can say, “Lima had about 6,200 deaths in April” when the true factual number is 791? Why would they publish blatantly false information?
What other information did they falsify?
May 14, 2020