Isn’t the point of it comparing it to the deaths in previous years caused, only, by the flu?
In comparison, we would see that those that died of the flu in past years, with no co-morbidities, are near equal to this year’s COVID-only numbers.
And then, the demographics likely match up well also.
It’s just the flu, bro!
Yes, I think if the same standard that has been used in previous years to tally “flu deaths” was used, that would be fair. I apologize if that’s what is being said because I’m not interested enough to dive into the data and from an overview of the CDC report it didn’t jump out at me.
If a person with heart disease caught covid and went into the hospital, developed pneumonia, went on a ventilator and died - that would be a covid death to my way of thinking. But, the same scenario where the person died of a heart attack before going to the hospital (or even after), obviously should not be. The gray area is when the virus pushes a person with pre-existing conditions over the edge, which is why I say it would probably ltake a post mortem to tell for sure.