I think where that 5% figure is used incorrectly: if you look at the other factors, they seem to not be "someone had a stroke, caught covid, and died", they're

I think where that 5% figure is used incorrectly: if you look at the other factors, they seem to not be "someone had a stroke, caught covid, and died", they're stuff like "Someone had Covid, developed pneumonia and died". The top "other factors" are (in order): Pneumonia, "everything else", respiratory failure, high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiac arrest, heart disease, acute respiratory distress syndrome, etc. It's pretty clear to say that far more than 5% died of Covid induced complications, not that they died of "natural" causes and also tested Covid positive. Saying the 5% number is almost certainly abuse of statistics, especially given the notable uptick in mortality in the US.