Conservative Review By CHRIS ENLOE
When Texas health officials reported Monday that a man died after testing positive for the Omicron variant of COVID-19, the media jumped all over the story and claimed he was the first in America “to die of the Omicron variant.”
What did the media report?
Various headlines blared similar messages this week, claiming that a Texas man between the ages of 50 and 60 who was not vaccinated against COVID became the first American to fall victim to the Omicron variant.
- Reuters: “Texas’ Harris County records its first death linked to Omicron variant”
- Business Insider: “The first American to die of the Omicron variant was an unvaccinated Texas man who had previously caught COVID-19”
