{"id":1198204,"date":"2022-01-07T20:04:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T01:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1198204"},"modified":"2022-01-07T20:04:18","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T01:04:18","slug":"fact-check-sotomayor-claims-100000-children-in-serious-condition-on-ventilators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-sotomayor-claims-100000-children-in-serious-condition-on-ventilators\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check: Sotomayor Claims 100,000 Children &#039;in Serious Condition,&#039; on &#039;Ventilators&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-sotomayor-claims-100000-children-in-serious-condition-on-ventilators%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1198204&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Sonia-Sotomayor-Associated-Press-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">CLAIM: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: \u201cWe have over 100,000 children, which we\u2019ve never had before, in serious condition, many on ventilators,\u201d&nbsp;from coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>VERDICT: FALSE. There are about 4,000 children in hospital from coronavirus.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Justice Sotomayor made several factually false statements during oral arguments Friday at the Supreme Court, as the justices considered challenges to President Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandates, including a mandate on large private employers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justice Sotomayor during this oral arguments:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Claimed covid deaths are at an all time high<br \/>\u2013 Claimed that Omicron has been deadlier than Delta<br \/>\u2013 Claimed 100K children are hospitalized with covid<br \/>\u2013 Said OSHA&#8217;s regulatory authority is a federal &#8220;police power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1479500787583758346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>One of the more bizarre statements Sotomayor made was the claim that there are 100,000 children currently hospitalized in the United States due to coronavirus, with \u201cmany\u201d using ventilators to breathe.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is Justice Sotomayor saying that &#8220;hospitals are almost all full capacity&#8221; and there are &#8220;over 100,000 children&#8221; hospitalized with covid &#8220;many on ventilators.<\/p>\n<p>None of those things are true. Not even close. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MqWEL2UvJg\">pic.twitter.com\/MqWEL2UvJg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1479490390474604544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While there are a record number of children in hospital due to the ongoing coronavirus surge, the number is far smaller than what Sotomayor suggested \u2014 just over 4,000, as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/01\/06\/covid-omicron-variant-live-updates\/#link-MYZW36KLJRCZTGIEY4OZCTB75E\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;on Friday:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>More than 4,000 children were hospitalized with covid-19 across the nation Wednesday, Washington Post figures show, marking a new high that towers above previous peaks set during the summer when the delta variant was driving up infections.<\/p>\n<p>The tally, which includes confirmed as well as suspected pediatric covid-19 patients, reflects a steep rise in infections in that group. Less than two weeks ago, on Christmas, fewer than 2,000 children were in hospitals with covid.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-day average of pediatric hospitalizations was slightly lower at 3,713. Hospitalizations of adults are also rising rapidly.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/sonia-sotomayor-roasted-false-information-about-child-covid-hospitalizations\">reported<\/a> that most of the cases involving children who have been hospitalized are \u201cincidental.\u201d The CDC <a href=\"https:\/\/gis.cdc.gov\/grasp\/covidnet\/covid19_5.html\">reports<\/a> that mechanically-assisted ventilation is generally required in fewer than 20% of cases among patients admitted to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News reported in another fact check, Sotomayor also falsely claimed that the omicron variant, the dominant strain in the current surge, is more \u201cdeadly\u201d than the delta variant that was more common in the summer and the fall of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor did not appear in the courtroom for the oral arguments, but participated remotely, from her chambers.<\/p>\n<p>The case is <em>National Federation of Independent Business v.&nbsp;OSHA<\/em>, 21A244 in the Supreme Court of the United States.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of <\/em>Breitbart News Sunday<em> on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of the recent e-book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Neither-Free-nor-Fair-Presidential-ebook\/dp\/B08PNN54BB\">Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election<\/a>. His recent book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerstreet.com\/titles\/joel-b-pollak\/red-november\/9781546099840\/\">RED NOVEMBER<\/a><em>, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joelpollak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@joelpollak<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLAIM: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor: \u201cWe have over 100,000 children, which we\u2019ve never had before, in serious condition, many on ventilators,\u201d\u00a0from coronavirus. VERDICT: FALSE. 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