Whoever this person is clearly does not understand how a US Standard Certificate of Death works. The last line filled out (which may be the first, second, third, etc.) is the underlying cause of death. That is what's actually counted. For example, someone may die from pulmonary embolism (immediate cause of death) DUE TO lung cancer (underlying cause of death). This is a lung cancer death. Pulmonary embolism is not somehow more responsible for this death because it's listed further up in the lines on the US Standard Certificate of Death because that isn't how a US Standard Certificate of Death works.
I don't know who this author is or who they claim to be, but they have a clear misunderstanding for how a US Standard Certificate of Death is filled out, so if they are/were a medical examiner, I hope somebody goes back to check their work.
‘Pulmonary embolism is not somehow more responsible for this death because it’s listed further up in the lines...’
agreed; my father’s cert lists hypoxia first over congestive heart disease and ischemic arterial disease; clearly both those factors more responsible than hypoxia...
also, clearly, CHF and CAD are far more deadly than covid, and yet neither of those causes are being toted up, attributed to a sudden, high visibility disease, and breathlessly broadcast to the general public to feed a crisis narrative; this is what accounts for the skepticism shown in this and other forums, along with the generally well deserved reputation of politicians for pulling the taffy...
rightly expressed skepticism, in my most humble opinion...