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> COVID deaths are inflated (got run over by a bus, but had COVID that only shows up at 40 PCR cycles? you died "with covid") This is false and an annoyingly p
by _djo_ 5y ago
> COVID deaths are inflated (got run over by a bus, but had COVID that only shows up at 40 PCR cycles? you died "with covid")
This is false and an annoyingly persistent myth. A death is only included in COVID statistics if it was one of the four contributing causes of death. If someone died from trauma such as a vehicle accident, but is found to have had COVID, that's not recognised as a contributing factor but merely incidental.
The WHO guidelines are very clear on this. [0]
[0] https://www.who.int/classifications/icd/Guidelines_Cause_of_Death_COVID-19.pdf https://www.who.int/classifications/icd/Guidelines_Cause_of_...