Noah seems to be adding his own fake facts by wildly misrepresenting the response by Zahn.
The response to the maternity deaths stats emphasises that the key factor is preventability.
A statistical change that reveals many more preventable deaths is important and needs a response, even if (possibly especially if) those preventable deaths were previously not captured by the statistics.
How did that become:
> To me, this clearly qualifies as disinformation. Zahn is demanding that researchers bury their findings so that the doctors, activists, and politicians he likes can get more money.
The response to the maternity deaths stats emphasises that the key factor is preventability.
A statistical change that reveals many more preventable deaths is important and needs a response, even if (possibly especially if) those preventable deaths were previously not captured by the statistics.
How did that become:
> To me, this clearly qualifies as disinformation. Zahn is demanding that researchers bury their findings so that the doctors, activists, and politicians he likes can get more money.