People: we're miscounting COVID-19 deaths! We're counting anyone WITH the disease, not people who die of it Me, a clever scientist: ...but that's how we count all deaths?
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Actually it's not that complex. If a pt dies while harbouring a life threatening infection like COVID, root cause of death is overwhelmingly likely to be *COVID,* regardless of comorbidities and complications. Clinically, the death "with" vs "from" COVID argument is absurd.
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Sure, but at 90yo most infections could be life-threatening. I can see why people are confused about the issue when it's presented without explanation
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WHO has a rather complex system for selecting "underlying cause of death" for official tabulation when multiple conditions are reported. But it seems that, at least in Sweden, COVID (U07) is given high priority as underlying cause, because it is close to total excess mortality.
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It’s pretty much as in t/movies ‘in order of appearance’ thing ie u don’t list t/last 1s 1st
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I know an antivaxxer who said deaths from influenza are “rare” bc most deaths are secondary issues, like pneumonia. And that was his reasoning for not getting flu vaccine. I ... don’t have the patience in me to talk to him.
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