In the past weeks and months we’ve brought you story after story about “errors” that have been made in COVID-19 case counts, but this is among the most glaring and it makes us wonder how often it happens:
So this man gets a letter from the Shelby County Health Department almost 6 months after her death….. saying she is covid 19 positive and needs to isolate pic.twitter.com/zR3QYRGtA6
— Jeni DiPrizio (@local24jeni) September 3, 2020
A Shelby County woman dies in February but the health department told her so she took a Covid test in June. By then she had been cremated for months
— Jeni DiPrizio (@local24jeni) September 3, 2020
Here’s video via the Media Research Center:
A man in Mepmhis was told that his mother tested positive for COVID-19 from a test taken in June.
The only problem is that his mother died in February. pic.twitter.com/RcFmvP74Qh
— MediaResearchCenter (@theMRC) September 10, 2020
The health department said it was a “mistake”:
The Health Department has finally responded to the “mistake “ that was made regarding a 66 year old woman who died in February being sent a letter in June saying she was COVID positive.
— Jeni DiPrizio (@local24jeni) September 3, 2020
Whoops!
I’d love to know if this was an isolated incident.
— Di☕️ (@NCshopgirl) September 10, 2020
For some reason we’re guessing it’s happened with others as well.
This is how good mail in voting is
— Patiently Awake (@patientlyawake) September 4, 2020
He should be getting her ballot for November election soon.
— Sue (@sweeetsue) September 10, 2020
We’d laugh at that, but… you never know.
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Related:
Florida health official says person in 20s listed as COVID-19 fatality had no underlying conditions, also ‘he died in a motorcycle accident’
