I agree that people throw around the co-morbidity issue like few to none of the deaths are really from the virus, and I know that’s not true. Still, they ARE playing fast and loose with the numbers, what with George Floyd being counted as a CV death and the incident with the motorcyclist killed being chalked up to the rona. Too bad there’s no way to examine the cases they keep reporting. Too bad.
trouble is ...CDC advocates fast and loose
older article...I won't make it a link...copy and paste
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/vsrg/vsrg03-508.pdf
"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"