Blake Shelton was called out for sharing misinformation on social media about the coronavirus pandemic. The musician, 44, tweeted a statistic that was unfounded over the weekend and his followers were quick to point out Shelton should check sources before spreading theories.
The controversy was over a tweet retweeted by President Donald Trump that misrepresented a CDC update about deaths related to coronavirus.
The tweet, which originated from a Facebook post, has since been deleted for incorrectly claiming that the CDC had “quietly” changed its statistics to depict how “only 6%” of people who died from the coronavirus “actually died from Covid" because “the other 94% had 2-3 other serious illnesses.” Blake Shelton performs onstage during.