Posted on 11/30/2020 6:14:22 AM PST by ANDmagazine.com
According to the legacy media, there have been more than 250,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the so-called pandemic began. That means to the average American that there are 250,000 plus Americans who are dead today who would otherwise still be with us. Those people were killed by the virus.
That seems a matter of common sense. Is it true?
Genevieve Briand, assistant program director of the Applied Economics masterâs degree program at Johns Hopkins University, recently critically analyzed the effect of COVID-19 on U.S. deaths using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in her webinar titled âCOVID-19 Deaths: A Look at U.S. Data.â Her conclusion? COVID-19 is having no significant impact on deaths in the United States.
(Excerpt) Read more at andmagazine.com ...
“Man beheaded in horrific motorcycle accident dies of Covid 19”
We’re told over and over how manipulated the figures are. Yet the same figures are constantly used, and few people bat an eye.
Just imagine how may more COVID deaths we’d have if it wasn’t for the lockdown, masks, and social distancing?
Luckily I live in Michigan where I have GOV Whitmore who knows what is best for us to protect us against COVID.
I can’t conceive of that horrors that they must be experiencing in places like South Dakota where people are allowed to decide for themselves.
/ sarc off
I’m 68 y/o and lived thru it.
What’s really depressing is how the majority of the country just laps up what the govt feeds them.
So many in my conservative circle have become fearful of their own shadow. It’s just totally depressing what has become of the American populace.
Nobody is dying from pneumonia anymore......It must have been wiped out.
bfl
She needs to call the first responders and health care workers and let them know they aren’t seeing the things they are seeing and experiencing every day.
Also needs to let those of us know that have never seen so many friends and personal acquaintances get seriously ill or die in such a short period of time before that this isn’t actually happening.
Is this situation being exploited and weaponized? Have and are blatant lies been told about it to justify government overreach and slander the GOP / President Trump? Absolutely. That doesn’t mean it isn’t happening, because it is. Living in an alternate, fact-free reality is a trait of the Left. Let’s not adopt it here.
It makes sense if you incorrectly call a heart-disease related death covid-19 then yes, you can make covid-19 look bad. But then your heart-disease numbers go down... (or any other illness) If covid-19 was such a terrible additional scourge upon the population the overall death rate would increase. But it apparently has not, as the JHU study shows.
Of course that is unacceptable to the deep state. They had the JHU study pulled. You have to use the web archive service to find it:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201126223119/https://www.jhunewsletter.com/article/2020/11/a-closer-look-at-u-s-deaths-due-to-covid-19
My sister-in-law’s stepfather died yesterday. He’s been in declining health for a long time but since he also had covid, y’all know what cause of death will be.
EXCELLENT SCIENCE REPORT
Long read, but very good explanation of death reporting and COVID
Reason behind Dying: A Primer
By Sammy Edwards / November 29, 2020
Guest Essay by Kip Hansen – 27 November 2020
There has been massive media attention on Covid-19 deaths – and there have been a lot of them. The CDC as of noon on 26 November 2020 was reporting that there have been 259,005 total Covid-19 deaths in the United States.
Yet anyone who reads widely is aware that there have been reports of a motorcycle accident victim being reported as a Covid death. There are many who correctly report that all people dying from or with Covid and even suspected of dying from-or-with Covid-19 are all being counted as certified reportable must-make-the-headlines Covid-19 Deaths.
[Note: This is a long and rather detailed explanation of what leads to the situation in which we find ourselves regarding Covid-19 Deaths reporting. Those who want a better understanding of the issue should continue reading. Readers with no or little interest can just accept this brief synopsis: “It’s Complicated” and move on to other posts. ]
Various experts, journalists, bloggers, and pundits tells us that “Covid Deaths” are being over-counted, mis-counted and even under-counted. Other pundits and media-reported experts desperately try to reassure us that Covid Death counts are correct and real – and that we should all stay concerned and follow all government mandates – which vary from “reasonable” to “obviously based on magical thinking” (closing bars and restaurants at 10 PM because that’s when the Corona Virus Zombies attack) — all this despite various governments having different and contradictory mandates (or even an absence of mandates) and the various States in the United States following differing rules and policies on Covid Deaths reporting. Those reporting “facts” like “US Covid-19 Deaths overestimated by 17 times” (based on this CDC comorbitity data) are sadly mistaken and misinform the general public, just adding to the general confusion on the subject.
READ AT: https://shepherdgazette.com/reason-behind-dying-a-primer/
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Not enough people are personally touched by this to give a damn
Take time and read this
Landmark legal ruling finds that Covid tests are not fit for purpose. So what do the MSM do? They ignore it
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/507937-covid-pcr-test-fail/
They are delivering fraudulent results
And let’s stop pretending this is a pandemic or earth level extinction disease
If there are no excess deaths there is no pandemic
Living in an alternate, fact-free reality is a trait of the Left. Let’s not adopt it here.
There are NO instructions on Covid as an incidental diagnosis or a diagnosis in addition to symptoms. It’s all predicated on the ideology that Covid is the presumed cause of the illness, such as pneumonia “due to” Covid. These are the guidelines that medical coders are to use when coding: ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY 2021, published both by the CDC and also by CMS.
You can find it here if you want. ICD-10-CM FY2021 Guidelines
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd/10cmguidelines-FY2021.pdf
This link will lead you to the Covid-specific diagnosis codes to use. ICD-10-CM Official Coding and Reporting GuidelinesApril 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/icd/COVID-19-guidelines-final.pdf
Notice the dates. The information below is what was published and instructed for use AFTER Sept 30, 2020, so it’s now what is currently in place.
In short a patient is either presumed to have a manifestation of Covid in another comorbid condition (”due to Covid”) OR it’s an illness without Covid, period and even if Covid is present, it’s not reported as there is no code for Covid incidental. For example: There’s no code for a patient having pneumonia caused by or due to strep B and oh, by the way, also has Covid. The pneumonia is presumed to have been caused by the Covid & Strep B be damned. Therefore, the code for Covid would be listed FIRST (as the cause) followed by the manifestation of Covid (Pneumonia) and anything else the patient has (Strep B) - even if Strep B was actually the cause.
The instruction is simply flawed, never mind that we see asymptomatic patients all the time who test positive for Covid.
Make of this what you will. See item (g) below, you’ll see what I mean. “Coronavirus infections
1) COVID-19 infection (infection due to SARS-CoV-2)
(a) Code only confirmed cases Code only a confirmed diagnosis of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as documented by the provider or documentation of a positive COVID19 test result. For a confirmed diagnosis, assign code U07.1, COVID-19. This is an exception to the hospital inpatient guideline Section II, H. In this context, “confirmation” does not require documentation of a positive test result for COVID-19; the provider’s documentation that the individual has COVID-19 is sufficient.
If the provider documents “suspected,” “possible,” “probable,” or “inconclusive” COVID-19, do not assign code U07.1. Instead, code the signs and symptoms reported. See guideline I.C.1.g.1.g.
(b) Sequencing of codes When COVID-19 meets the definition of principal diagnosis, code U07.1, COVID-19, should be sequenced first, followed by the appropriate codes for associated manifestations, except when another guideline requires that certain codes be sequenced first, such as obstetrics, sepsis, or transplant complications.
For a COVID-19 infection that progresses to sepsis, see Section I.C.1.d. Sepsis, Severe Sepsis, and Septic Shock See Section I.C.15.s. for COVID-19 infection in pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium See Section I.C.16.h. for COVID-19 infection in newborn For a COVID-19 infection in a lung transplant patient, see Section I.C.19.g.3.a. Transplant complications other than kidney.
(c) Acute respiratory manifestations of COVID-19 When the reason for the encounter/admission is a respiratory manifestation of COVID-19, assign code U07.1, COVID-19, as the principal/first-listed diagnosis and assign code(s) for the respiratory manifestation(s) as additional diagnoses. The following conditions are examples of common respiratory manifestations of COVID-19.
(i) Pneumonia For a patient with pneumonia confirmed as due to COVID-19, assign codes U07.1, COVID-19, and J12.89, Other viral pneumonia.
(ii) Acute bronchitis
For a patient with acute bronchitis confirmed as due to COVID-19, assign codes U07.1, and J20.8, Acute bronchitis due to other specified organisms. Bronchitis not otherwise specified (NOS) due to COVID-19 should be coded using code U07.1 and J40, Bronchitis, not specified as acute or chronic.
(iii) Lower respiratory infection If the COVID-19 is documented as being associated with a lower respiratory infection, not otherwise specified (NOS), or an acute respiratory infection, NOS, codes U07.1 and J22, Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection, should be assigned. If the COVID-19 is documented as being associated with a respiratory infection, NOS, codes U07.1 and J98.8, Other specified respiratory disorders, should be assigned.
(iv) Acute respiratory distress syndrome For acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to COVID-19, assign codes U07.1, and J80, Acute respiratory distress syndrome.
(v) Acute respiratory failure For acute respiratory failure due to COVID-19, assign code U07.1, and code J96.0-, Acute respiratory failure. (d) Non-respiratory manifestations of COVID-19 When the reason for the encounter/admission is a non-respiratory manifestation (e.g., viral enteritis) of COVID-19, assign code U07.1, COVID-19, as the principal/first-listed diagnosis and assign code(s) for the manifestation(s) as additional diagnoses.
(e) Exposure to COVID-19 For asymptomatic individuals with actual or suspected exposure to COVID-19, assign code Z20.828, Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases. For symptomatic individuals with actual or suspected exposure to COVID-19 and the infection has been ruled out, or test results are inconclusive or unknown, assign code Z20.828, Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases. See guideline I.C.21.c.1, Contact/Exposure, for additional guidance regarding the use of category Z20 codes.
If COVID-19 is confirmed, see guideline I.C.1.g.1.a.
(f) Screening for COVID-19 During the COVID-19 pandemic, a screening code is generally not appropriate. For encounters for COVID-19 testing, including preoperative testing, code as exposure to COVID-19 (guideline I.C.1.g.1.e).
Coding guidance will be updated as new information concerning any changes in the pandemic status becomes available.
(g) Signs and symptoms without definitive diagnosis of COVID-19 For patients presenting with any signs/symptoms associated with COVID-19 (such as fever, etc.) but a definitive diagnosis has not been established, assign the appropriate code(s) for each of the presenting signs and symptoms such as: • R05 Cough • R06.02 Shortness of breath • R50.9 Fever, unspecified
If a patient with signs/symptoms associated with COVID-19 also has an actual or suspected contact with or exposure to COVID-19, assign Z20.828, Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases, as an additional code.
(h) Asymptomatic individuals who test positive for COVID-19 For asymptomatic individuals who test positive for COVID-19, see guideline I.C.1.g.1.a. Although the individual is asymptomatic, the individual has tested positive and is considered to have the COVID-19 infection.
(i) Personal history of COVID-19 For patients with a history of COVID-19, assign code Z86.19, Personal history of other infectious and parasitic diseases.
(j) Follow-up visits after COVID-19 infection has resolved For individuals who previously had COVID-19 and are being seen for follow-up evaluation, and COVID-19 test results are negative, assign codes Z09, Encounter for follow-up examination after completed treatment for conditions other than malignant neoplasm, and Z86.19, Personal history of other infectious and parasitic diseases.
(k) Encounter for antibody testing For an encounter for antibody testing that is not being performed to confirm a current COVID-19 infection, nor is a follow-up test after resolution of COVID-19, assign Z01.84, Encounter for antibody response examination.
Follow the applicable guidelines above if the individual is being tested to confirm a current COVID-19 infection.
For follow-up testing after a COVID-19 infection, see guideline I.C.1.g.1.j.”
Michigander here as well. Howdy!
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