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Over 600,000 Military-Connected Americans Erroneously Told They Had COVID-19

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The insurer for the U.S. Military, Tricare, sent emails to more than 600,000 beneficiaries informing them that they had coronavirus. The email, which went to people in 31 states, asked the 600,000 “patients” to consider donating whole blood or plasma to help others fight the coronavirus.

The only problem was this was a mistake — actually, only 31,000 people “across the Department of Defense, including service members, family members, civilian employees and contractors” have had COVID-19.

Although the insurance company sent out error notices within hours telling beneficiaries the message was a mistake, it had already been published by many news agencies and social, including the American Military News agency and Facebook.

SOURCES:

American Military News July 23, 2020

The Western Journal July 26, 2020