So if I fall off a ladder and die, but test positive for Covid, I died of Covid? Ok, sounds logical.
That’s essentially what’s happening.
There are “presumed” manifestations of Covid. If you have one of them, such as cough, pneumonia, etc. AND you have Covid, the presumed cause is Covid.
This negates the notion that something other than the coronavirus can cause the illness - and it can and does, such as Strep B.
Kicker is, let’s say you got Strep B that caused the Pneumonia and because you were hospitalized you also acquired Covid, they switch the diagnoses around as if the Covid was present FIRST, not acquired last.
Pretty sad and, IMHO, misleading. Skews the Table of Comorbidity & Covid.