Posted on 05/14/2020 12:54:47 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Montezuma County Coroner’s Office is disputing the state’s claim of a third fatal case of the coronavirus in Cortez, saying the person died of alcohol poisoning.
County Coroner George Deavers said the person tested positive for COVID-19, but an investigation by him and the pathologist determined the cause of death was ethanol toxicity. The person’s blood-alcohol content was 0.55, or almost seven times the legal driving limit of 0.08 in Colorado, Deavers said. A BAC of 0.3 is considered lethal.
“COVID was not listed on the death certificate as the cause of death. I disagree with the state for listing it as a COVID death, and will be discussing it with them this week,” he said Tuesday.
Deavers said non-natural fatal events, such an accident or an overdose, take precedence as the cause of death over natural events such as COVID-19. He did not provide the name of the deceased person who tested positive for COVID-19.
According to the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, Montezuma County had 25 confirmed positives and three COVID-19 deaths as of Tuesday.
The Montezuma County Public Health Department continues to report two COVID-19 deaths. On Monday, the department listed two COVID-caused deaths and a third that was not caused by the disease even though the disease was present.
“The person who died did not die from COVID-19, but they did test positive for the virus,” said county public information officer Vicki Shaffer. “The state is reporting that death as a COVID death, but our health department wanted to let people know that even though the person did have the virus, they did not die from it.”
The state health department did not immediately respond to The Journal’s telephone calls and emails requesting comment and clarification.
Montezuma County on Tuesday reported 25 positive cases, 13 recoveries and 431 negative tests results.
County officials suggested a new category be added for active cases.
“If we have 25 positive cases and 13 recoveries, so why not show that there are only 12 active cases?” asked Commissioner Keenan Ertel.
Staggering my butt, I expect he was what we’d call porch crawling.
He drank because he was afraid of catching the virus so indirectly they can say it was COVID related. (/sarc)
You’d think a BAC of .55 would kill the virus too.
0.55? That wasn’t just alcohol poisoning, that was suicide. My liver would have detonatd long before that. How do you get a BAC that high, chug a fifth of grain alcohol?
Depending on what he was drinking. Everclear may not do the job but you wouldn’t care if it didn’t.
Obviously, he was only that drunk because he was trying to disinfect himself with ethanol to kill the ‘rona.
Most people don’t realise how much alchies can drink. This could have been me back when I was drinking, except the virus thing. Looking back on it I probably should have died.
Do states get extra money for reporting covid deaths from govt?
Yeah, I used to be able to put down a fifth a night back in the day. Bourbon was my poison of choice. I got a scarred up, chewed up liver to show for it and don’t drink anything stronger than a glass of wine nowadays, unless it’s the holidays. And even then, I only indulge in moderation. A double Wild Turkey or Maker’s Mark on the rocks before Christmas dinner, a rum and egg nog or two interspersed between.
FR has had numerous reports of false attribution, yet the fearful talk of nothing but the “numbers” and vaguely defined “spikes” in them.
Why don’t the Vaccination people defend this Covid death counting?
A handle of gin would last a day and a half for me.
Four Corners Navajo country, big drinking problem up there.
We are reading these stories all too often. Congress likes to have hearings and investigate, let them take on the over-count of carona-virus cases.
early on POTUS said the government would pay all caronavirus related costs, noting no one should hesitate getting medical treatment because for lack of health insurance. I read one article saying they were over counting in NYC to get up to $39,000 per corpse so as to squeeze every drop of taxpayer money they could.
Counting is done by hospital administrators which goes to the state health commissioner who is appointed by the governor. If he does not want his state open he plugs the numbers
Hospitals do. They get more money for Clovis patients.
US HOSPITALS GETTING PAID MORE TO LABEL CAUSE OF DEATH AS ‘CORONAVIRUS’
https://www.globalresearch.ca/hospitals-getting-paid-more-label-cause-death-coronavirus/5709720
April 15, 2020
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