In for this GIF....good one
I wonder if there are also deaths that are categorized as other things that are actually CV19 but aren't counted as such because testing is unavailable?
I can verify this. One of my wife's patients was a quadriplegic with high blood pressure, overweight, had an ostomy, and a few other complications that was around 70 years old. It's sad but that person's days were numbered....The patient was offered remdesivir and plasma when respiratory symptoms began but were not severe and the patient refused both. Later when symptoms got worse they agreed to start the treatments. Too late.
And there have been numerous medical professionals on record as saying they are certain that the number of Covid-19 deaths are being undercounted.
Yeah, that's far more deadly than the flu. And keep in mind that this was with the country shut down.
Well exactly what would you label that death? Since it was due to failure of the respiratory system due to the virus, I'd say they labelled it correct. Neither remdesivir nor plasma are guaranteed to save someone.
Countless, huh? And you have proof of this? So, you're saying that the medical professionals are unethical liars?
Don't you think it is completely possible that people are dying at home and possibly not being counted as Covid-19. Because I have seen several doctors and healthcare professionals saying as much. I know this is going to sound crazy, but people do die in places other than the hospital.
I figured someone would bring that up. Patient had life ending illness before contracting covid. I would say the "complications" leading to death should have been directed toward one their many other life threatening conditions. When a person has a life ending illness such as cancer, heart failure, ostomy feeding tube malnutrition or other serious condition..... the cause of death isn't listed as a cold since that was the last knockout blow.
The cause of death should be just that...what was the final cause that made them stop living. Are you telling me that someone in a fatal car crash that has cancer should be listed with a cause of death as cancer?
I would think that would be exceptionally rare and not normal at all. Most people from all different socioeconomic backgrounds are going to go get tested and go to a hospital if they experience severe covid symptoms which everyone is well aware of at this point.
Not if they don't have someone to help them, or know they can't afford it, or think it's something that will go away.
That's because pneumonia was what finally caused his death. 40% of Americans are obese. When they have a heart attack, due hey list the cause of death as cardiac arrest or obesity? Again go back to my car wreck comparison as well.
Actually it's not. Here's another example: a 50 year old man with cancer dies of a heart attack. Does his death certificate say "cancer" or "cardiac arrest"? Or how about all these "estimated" flu deaths that so many are anxious to compare to Covid-19. I guess none of them had conditions that would have ultimately taken their life if the flu hadn't? That's the whole point anyway, whether someone has a terminal illness or not, the cause of death is what lead them to die on that specific day. Not some estimated timeframe that is often given. At the time of death, what made it that time/day.
could be wrong but I thought I read a few days or weeks ago that total deaths were actually running lower than normal. I’m sure the lock down has contributed to less auto accident deaths and other similar demises, but hasn’t the number of pneumonia and flu deaths fallen as well. If that is the case, then I would think some of those would have died regardless if they had COVID or not.
It's not apples to fruit rollups: someone with a terminal illness ended up dying from something else. So their illness wasn't listed as the cause of death.
