Overview
- Schneider posted on X on October 22 that there were no children's hospitals when he was a kid, asserting that children were not sick.
- A community note on X labeled the claim false, pointing to U.S. children's hospitals dating to 1855 and noting higher mid-20th-century infant mortality rates.
- Lead Stories cited academic research showing at least 26 freestanding children's hospitals in the U.S. by 1895 and highlighted St. Jude's 1962 opening, a year before Schneider's birth.
- The claim prompted widespread pushback on social media, with users and reporters sharing historical sources and calling out the inaccuracy.
- No correction from Schneider was reported in the coverage, and an anonymous source told Lead Stories the post looked like a joke.