WATCH: Rep Luetkemeyer asks if there is an incentive to falsely claim deaths as COVID-19 deaths

Dr. Robert Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control told Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer R-Mo., the CDC has to rely on the physician when they determine cause of death. The exchange came during a House hearing investigating the federal government’s response to the pandemic.

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