Why should we trust the COVID numbers? - American Thinker Haven't we learned anything?  Look what the Democrats did with the election, how they flipped numbers to get a failing old man with dementia into office so they can try to turn America into Venezuela. Why would we trust the government at all?  How do we really know how many people have the virus or were hospitalized or died?  Because Dr. Death, AKA Tony Fauci, said so?  He also originally said masks were not necessary and now claims you must wear a mask or it's life or death.  He also said it would be fine to hook up with people on social media sites if you're careful. Hospitals get paid more for patients who die there from COVID, and the ante gets upped if they were on a ventilator.  An article in the Columbus Dispatch on August 4, 2020 opined: "Yes, hospitals get an additional 20% for Medicare patients treated for COVID-19" and "The higher Medicare rate stirred controversy in April after Republican Sen. Scott Jensen, a Minnesota doctor, speculated on Fox News that the additional money might inspire hospital administrators to make it look like routine pneumonia cases were COVID-19 cases." Take the country back from the liars and cheats. https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/11/why_should_we_trust_the_covid_numbers.html