Nor is it anywhere close to the only inflating factor. The CDC has explicitly instructed physicians to cite COVID-19 on death certificates even without a confirming test so long as they’ve “assumed” it was a contributing factor. The assumption can be for any reason they like, and that includes no reason at all. Hospitals have also been given enormous financial incentives to diagnose patients with COVID-19.
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I read something a couple of days ago re: a son discussing the death of his elderly mother. She had fallen and struck her head on a door jamb, was taken to the hospital and died alone from her injuries. The death certificate cited Covid 19 as the cause of death.
Someone pointed out later that if a person dies of injuries suffered in an accident, this can affect life insurance proceeds, as some policies carry extra coverage for death caused by accidents.
I would think that a lot of families are going to begin to sue over this.
I remember that directive from the cdc on March 24. I cannot find it now. It seems to have “disappeared”.