I have a couple of (genuine) questions: I've read the CDC guidelines and I would not characterize them as described "instructed all causes of death that could POSSIBLY be linked to Covid 19 to be attributed to Covid 19." Are you looking at what the CDC said, or what a third party says they said?Moe Gibbs wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2020 9:17 pmIt was the CDC that originally instructed all causes of death that could POSSIBLY be linked to Covid 19 to be attributed to Covid 19. PERIOD.
In light of the ridicule / shame that just a handful of conservative news agencies were able to put on the CDC for using this deceptive practice the CDC has very recently [as of beginning of April] announced more strict guidelines for how Covid 19 deaths must be determined.
MDs are no longer allowed to assume that the death MIGHT have been due to Covid 19, especially if not the person has other medical problems that need to be considered.
The difference in death rate 2 weeks ago was 28 times different between the general population and the DoD. I'll bet the gap has done nothing other than widen since I did my research. Don't forget that the Dod's truthful [and not nearly as grim] statistics are lumped in with the tainted statistics that the CDC was collecting all this time. That's a ridiculous amount of difference between 1 group that was instructed to attribute every death they possibly could to Covid 19 and another very sizeable group that carefully weighed ALL THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS of each and every death before making their final determination.
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As of today, the CDC says their total case count of 802,583 includes 3,981 probable cases (about 1/2 of one percent) and total death count of 44,575 includes 5,862 probable deaths (about 13.2%). Are you arguing that these "probables," which I understand did not get tested, are not actually COVID? Do you disagree with their "confirmed" case and death counts?