‘3,500 kids are in hospital’: CDC Director Corrects Justice Sotomayor’s Wildly False Claim [VIDEO]

Washington Times

A top Biden administration health official on Sunday contradicted Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s claim about the number of kids seriously ill with COVID-19.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, disputed Justice Sotomayor‘s claim on Friday that 100,000 kids were in serious condition and many were on ventilators as a result of the omicron variant.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky contradicted the liberal justice’s claims Sunday following repeated questions by Fox News’ Bret Baier.

Mr. Baier first asked if the number of pediatric hospitalizations was actually 3,500 instead of 100,000. Dr. Walensky answered “yeah” and quickly pivoted to talking about the plight of unvaccinated children.

“Understood, but the number is not 100,000 [children], it’s roughly 3,500 in hospitals now,” interjected Mr. Baier.

“Yes, there are, and in fact what I will say is while pediatric hospitalizations are rising they’re still about 15-fold less than hospitalizations of our older age demographics,” Dr. Walensky on “Fox News Sunday.”

Dr. Walensky also said she did not know the number of children on ventilators.

Bret Baier having CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on Fox News Sunday and asking her a string of questions aimed at downplaying Covid and defending anti-vaxxers is certainly a notable editorial choice pic.twitter.com/w4W2tgqzdw

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 9, 2022

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