That may be the protocol during trials, but sadly we’re past that.
If I did not believe that people were using deaths as nothing more than “bodies” to push a narrative, I’d be inclined to agree. But on both sides, there’s lots of bad faith arguments and positions.
You would have to show me that "bad faith" on "both sides".
One side pushed the idea that every death with any connection to Covid was due to nothing but Covid alone; it's the same side that suddenly lacks any interest in the rise in all-cause mortality.
The other side is simply pointing at the shortcomings in the arguments pushed by the first side.