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- The top US health officials leading the response to the coronavirus pandemic shot down the numerous conspiracy theories about how the mortality rates were being misrepresented.
- In recent days, several influential figures have floated theories that the US had been inflating its statistics on deaths attributed to the coronavirus.
- "They are nothing but distractions," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the US's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said.
- "I would just hope we just put those conspiracy stuff — and let somebody write a book about it later on, but not now," he added, while waving his hand.
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The top health officials leading the US's response to the coronavirus pandemic shot down the numerous conspiracy theories about how the mortality rates were being inflated.
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, said during a press conference on Wednesday that her team has been "hearing both sides" to the unverified rumors about the number of coronavirus-related deaths being inflated or underreported.
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