Did other illnesses show on death certificates of people who had died with / of Covid? Yes There are lots of rules for how and when to add different illnesses onto death certificates, depending on whether the patient died of or with something, and whether this comorbidity exacerbated, in this case, Covid 19. Is it clear in the process of  documenting a death whether Covid was a likely cause of death or a comorbidity? "When the evidence tells you that COVID-19 was the likely cause of death then you should report it as the likely cause of death, whether you have a lab test or not. And medical examiners, physicians, and coroners are trained to make these determinations." Have Covid deaths statistics been inflated? "I don't think in any case are we over-estimating the deaths due to COVID-19. I think most likely we're underestimating and in some cases we may be underestimating by a lot"
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fraudulently add deaths from poisoning, trauma, and unintentional injury to their tally of COVID-19 deaths.
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Claim: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fraudulently add deaths from poisoning, trauma, and unintentional injury to their tally of COVID-19 deaths.

Evidence: Did other illnesses show on death certificates of people who had died with / of Covid? Yes There are lots of rules for how and when to add different illnesses onto death certificates, depending on whether the patient died of or with something, and whether this comorbidity exacerbated, in this case, Covid 19. Is it clear in the process of  documenting a death whether Covid was a likely cause of death or a comorbidity? "When the evidence tells you that COVID-19 was the likely cause of death then you should report it as the likely cause of death, whether you have a lab test or not. And medical examiners, physicians, and coroners are trained to make these determinations." Have Covid deaths statistics been inflated? "I don't think in any case are we over-estimating the deaths due to COVID-19. I think most likely we're underestimating and in some cases we may be underestimating by a lot"

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Claim: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fraudulently add deaths from poisoning, trauma, and unintentional injury to their tally of COVID-19 deaths.

Evidence: Did other illnesses show on death certificates of people who had died with / of Covid? Yes There are lots of rules for how and when to add different illnesses onto death certificates, depending on whether the patient died of or with something, and whether this comorbidity exacerbated, in this case, Covid 19. Is it clear in the process of  documenting a death whether Covid was a likely cause of death or a comorbidity? "When the evidence tells you that COVID-19 was the likely cause of death then you should report it as the likely cause of death, whether you have a lab test or not. And medical examiners, physicians, and coroners are trained to make these determinations." Have Covid deaths statistics been inflated? "I don't think in any case are we over-estimating the deaths due to COVID-19. I think most likely we're underestimating and in some cases we may be underestimating by a lot"

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