[PGR88]

I’m curious about how deaths, particularly among the elderly, are now recorded.

If a 90 year old man had a stroke, is paralyzed in a nursing home, and eventually contracts, is tested for, and dies of Covid-19 — I assume the facility/government now writes cause of death as Covid-19.

6 months ago, what would have been recorded? Pneumonia? Flu?

Anyone out there who can knowledgeably comment on this?

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

They will increase the numbers anyway they can!!! You can count on ALL deaths being counted as CV deaths!!!

[fso301]

?Anyone out there who can knowledgeably comment on this?

I'm not in the medical field but my general understanding is that there will be a specific cause of death which may be secondary to one, or more other conditions.

For example, a person may have metastatic colon cancer but die due to internal hemorrhaging. My understanding is that the death certificate will list internal hemorrhaging as the cause but that it was secondary to metastatic colon cancer.

[fso301]

Pressed submit too quickly.

While the specific cause of death may be internal hemorrhaging, such uncontrolled bleeding was due to the metastatic colon cancer.

[daniel1212]

I’m curious about how deaths, particularly among the elderly, are now recorded. If a 90 year old man had a stroke, is paralyzed in a nursing home, and eventually contracts, is tested for, and dies of Covid-19 — I assume the facility/government now writes cause of death as Covid-19. 6 months ago, what would have been recorded? Pneumonia? Flu? Anyone out there who can knowledgeably comment on this?

Could This Explain Why the Coronavirus Death Rate in Italy is so High? 3/22/2020, 7:13:06 AM · by Kaslin · 24 replies Townhall.com ^ | March 21, 2020 | Bronson Stocking

An adviser to Italy's minister of health, Professor Walter Ricciardi, said the coronavirus death rate in Italy may be higher than in other countries not only because of demographics -- Italy has the second oldest population in the world -- but also because of the way Italy records deaths of those who have tested positive for the coronavirus. "The way in which we code deaths in our country is very generous in the sense that all the people who die in hospitals with the coronavirus are deemed to be dying of the coronavirus,"

[rainee]

Good question
My aunt died two years ago from complications of the flu
She’d had a stroke few weeks earlier

Is how they’re recording the statistics skewing the numbers?
Or vice versa..

[RebelTXRose]

I had a doctor tell me once that pneumonia was included with flu deaths by CDC.

[Louis Foxwell]

It is estimated that 50% of deaths related to covid had less than one year to live without covid.