So if I stabbed someone, they go to the hospital and get patched up but died a day later from the wound getting infected then I’m off the hook for murder? They died from the infection not the knife wound.
If you tested positive for covid that would be counted as a covid death.
Your comparison is specious. You’re arguing about the definition of felony murder, not covid.
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Actually under the law, if the person dies within the year from an injury (even with an intervening event like an infection), the cause from a legal perspective is the injury.
It becomes a law school question when you have stuff like medical malpractice in the middle. Does that break the chain of causation?