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> the overwhelming probability is that.... yes, it was COVID-19 Even if you had stage 4 cancer and would die in a week anyway? Then there's the issue of exce
by m0zg 6y ago
> the overwhelming probability is that.... yes, it was COVID-19
Even if you had stage 4 cancer and would die in a week anyway?
Then there's the issue of excess deaths caused by _not going to the doctor_ because you can't do "elective" procedures like stents and such, or just because you're afraid of getting infected. You can die of cardiovascular (or other) disease this way, and if you had e.g. asymptomatic covid (like most people who have it) you'd be counted as a COVID death then.
- JohnBooty 6y agoEven if you had stage 4 cancer and would die in a week anyway? Why yes, then it might be more accurate to say that your stage 4 cancer killed you. But now, consider: most people are not in the absolutely final, terminal phase of a deadly illness. To what percentage of dead COVID-19 sufferers would a situation like that possibly apply? A very tiny one, surely. That is why tallying COVID-19 deaths in this manner is acceptable and accurate. It perhaps introduces a small amount of error, but is superior to Russia's method (which sounds like outright denial of reality) and the error % introduced is in any event, is at least an order of magnitude (if not two) smaller than that posed by the number of undiagnosed COVID-19 cases.