Posted on 03/26/2021 5:46:40 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
The Ohio Health Department should begin releasing data on coronavirus deaths in two categories: those whose death was caused by COVID-19, and those who died of other causes but also had a positive test, the state auditor said in a report.
Not making the distinction “may lead to confusion for the layperson as to whether an individual died by COVID-19 or died with COVID-19,” said the report from office of Republican state Auditor Keith Faber.
While the state follows federal guidelines for coronavirus death reporting, some medical professionals may fill out death certificates for people who died of other causes while also testing positive for COVID 19, according to the report....
The ruling followed a complaint filed last year by Rosanna Miller, of Amanda in southeastern Ohio, who asked in April for a list of all deaths coded for COVID-19, and including people’s names, ages, county where the death occurred and whether an autopsy was performed. The state initially said it could provide the data, then declined in the fall when Miller repeated her request....
The auditor’s death reporting recommendations came the same day an Ohio court that handles public records disputes ruled that Health Department certificates listing COVID-19 as the cause of death are a public record that must be released.
The Ohio Court of Claims decision rejected arguments by the state that it doesn’t maintain the information as a “unique report” and isn’t required to provide it.....
(Excerpt) Read more at morningjournalnews.com ...
I have heard from people in the know about these things that both the Ohio AG and the Ohio Auditor are not that happy with DeWine.
For your consideration/ping-a-ling.
I read about a case in Illinois where a person had a positive test for COVID in October and died of a drug overdose in January. The death certificate listed COVID as a cause of death. The guy died of an damn overdose.
What if Cuomo in NYS isn’t covering up that he lowered the number of deaths in nursing homes?
What if Cuomo is hiding the fact that NYS goosed the stats up?
Every WuFlu death of a residential care patient needs to be looked at to see if WuFlu is what really killed them.
And that ought to be done nationwide.
A year or better into the Scamdemic, and NOW they try to sort it out?
DeWhine will be livid!
OHIO PING!
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Ohio auditor says release separate COVID-19 death category data
Morning Journal ^ | March 26, 2021 | Andrew Welsh Huggins
Posted on 3/26/2021, 8:46:40 PM by CheshireTheCat
This is good , We’ve long complained the numbers were skewed. Just tell us who died From Covid and who died with Covid.
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