The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made corrections earlier this week that reduced the death tallies in all age-groups, including children. The agency claimed the algorithm was accidentally counting deaths that were not COVID-19 related. The adjustment resulted in removal of 72,277 deaths previously reported across 26 states, including 416 pediatric deaths. The reduction cut the CDC's estimate of deaths in children by 24%, leaving some to question if perhaps the agency had been operating with "too little caution and too much optimism."

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