PEOPLE magazine DEBUNKS CNN viral segment on COVID-19 ICU admissions in San Antonio

Did you happen to see this segment on CNN on Sunday where they interviewed an ER doc in San Antonio? His plea for ICU support sent the clip viral:

Texas Doctor: I got 10 calls yesterday for young people who will die if they don’t get ICU support, but I only have three beds left. pic.twitter.com/qAAQSuu6bk

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 5, 2020

But people had questions:

Anyone else find this odd?

10 young people needed ICU beds to survive, but only 3 were available?

How did he choose who got a bed?

What happened to the other 7? The lack of follow-up questions and additional reporting here is odd.

It’s a rather huge story. https://t.co/olOBpgv6uE

— Zac Bissonnette (@ZacBissonnette) July 6, 2020

And thankfully PEOPLE magazine asked those questions in a follow-up that ended up debunking the clip:

Weirdly, People Magazine of all places reached out and followed up—hospital say it has additional capacity and is making plans for more

Again: Covid is a tragedy but watch the CNN segment and then read the follow-up statement to, again, PEOPLE magazine

The media is running hype https://t.co/ZhCqTH0J3i pic.twitter.com/qRjfQG5G0J

— Zac Bissonnette (@ZacBissonnette) July 6, 2020

“Amazing” puts it lightly:

CNN fake news got corrected by PEOPLE magazine. Congrats CNN that's amazing https://t.co/NlDX6e39rL

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) July 7, 2020

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