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Is this an appeal to authority fallacy?

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Original Question

Person 1:, "They blamed every single death that’s occurred in the last 39 days on covid, the CDC graphs are fake news."


Person 2:, "Your proof that every single death that's occurred in the last 39 days was blamed on Covid?"

Person 1:, ' 'Ask anyone that works in a hospital bub. Guaranteed payment from the government."

Comments on Question

I don't quite get it. Is Person 1 suggesting that 'anyone who works in a hospital' will blame every death on covid (based on CDC graphs), thereby proving that it's fake? Or will 'anyone who works in a hospital' tell the truth (that the deaths weren't all because of covid)?

"So your proof is for me to ask someone else for their opinion?" Proof... "I don't think that word means what you think it means" - Inigo Montoya

Answers

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It is not only an appeal to authority, but to appeal to an "authority" which could be suspect to the question of whether it is a legitimate authority or not. Just because a person works in the hospital or any hospital does not automatically make them an authority on the Covid pandemic. 

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