Doing so would violate CDC guidelines for death certificates (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/vsrg/vsrg03-508.pdf) and probably amount to a criminal act for falsifying government documents.
The CDC guidelines directly state that the underlying cause of death must be established, which is “the disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death”. It further states that the circumstances around this cause of death must be “compelling within a reasonable degree of certainty”.
Are there instances where somebody makes a mistake or does something wrong? Of course; we’re talking about government employees after all. But who is this fool who’s risking prison time and a loss of license to forge medical records and official government documents?
It was my understanding that a past Covid positive test would be listed as one of the factors in reporting deaths to the DOH for their status reports on Covid numbers.
I don’t know whether a past positive test would mean reporting the the virus as a significant condition when certifying the death as stated in CDC guidelines.
But who is this fool who’s risking prison time and a loss of license to forge medical records and official government documents?
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Hospital administrators who stand to see increased federal payments.
Health departments totally captured by partisan interests on both *sides* of the vaunted *aisle*.
Labs for whom both of the above statements are true.
There appear to be no consequences for anyone except American citizens who stand up for their constitutional rights and who support our President.
Anyone caught manipulating stats just shrugs and says “Sorry, my bad.” and they skate. There is no risk.
Just who is the fool?