The Claim: Posts circulating on social media contend that the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention retroactively reduced its death count, with some posts claiming the CDC “shocked everyone with newly-adjusted COVID-19 U.S. death rate — from 60,000 to 37,000.” New York Times best-selling author and noted conservative conspiracy theorist Dinesh D’Souza, who authored … Continue reading FACT CHECK: Did the CDC reduce its COVID-19 death count?