Estimates of the burden were so inflated that even senior officials in the Biden administration warned you, but you refused to budge. On 23 October 2024, we pointed out that "A Fauci Senior Advisor admits that the CDC's data is "Shockingly Messed Up" and that leaders have "Serious issues."

The Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN) published private email correspondence, which laid bare the extent of the deception, showing that tens of thousands of yearly deaths in the US were derived from a complicated algorithm based on models. 

Estimates for flu-related deaths were wrong and known to be incorrect, but the mutual Kevlar society continued to mislead the public.