Number1CanesFan
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I saw the same thing on the news that some patients were being put on respirators when they were not infected just to get more money. Sad. I thinks the deaths are accurate as most have an autopsy when they pass.It’s a crap shoot at this point when trying to pinpoint or use any numbers associated with COVID at this point. There are bunches of Drs coming out saying their hospitals are making them record deaths as COVID when there is no tie to it other than symptoms, which are extremely common in many other illnesses as well. There’s been confirmation that hospitals are getting paid more when they code illnesses in patients as COVID and if they get put on respirators. For all we know that 80k is nowhere near the actual COVID death number. Not saying it’s not a serious thing but there are no numbers we can truly and reliably believe at this point![]()
We won't know the true numbers until a year or two later. We will simply look at the total deaths in 2020 and compare them to other years. The differential will be Covid-19 deaths. Those elderly that die of Covid-19, but would have died at some point in the year (as some have argued), would also be factored in as non covid because the overall deaths would be the same.
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