“Ideally, testing for COVID–19 should be conducted, but it is acceptable to report COVID–19 on a death certificate without this confirmation if the circumstances are compelling within a reasonable degree of certainty.”
My father’s death certificate says that he died of Alzheimer’s. An autopsy was never done, although that is the only way to confirm Alzheimer’s.
I believe that he died of another cause. My evidence:
A well known Army General died of a parasite present in Vietnam which killed him although he was originally thought to have died from Alzheimer’s
My father served in Vietnam at the same time with this General and they were together at the same time, same place. They worked together.
My father’s identical twin brother, who was also a career Army officer, died less than two years after my dad with zero indication of dementia, much less Alzheimer’s. He never served in Vietnam.
My 3d Grandfather, was President Andrew Jackson’s personal physician and attended the night that Rachel Jackson died. He misdiagnosed her illness and cause of death.
Doctors are not infallible and in the midst of a pandemic, they ought to make their best professional judgment and then attend to the living. That’s what I did as a Rifle Commander in combat when making decisions concerning dead soldiers. My attention shifted to those soldiers still living.