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Originally Posted by Bay Kid
Thanks to covid most all other causes of death are way down. Good news.
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That is funny, but not true. Because of the process we have, we could have influenza/pneumonia deaths being attributed to Covid, but we can also have Covid-19 deaths being listed as influenza/pneumonia especially if the person never got a test. Which could be very likely considering how hard it still is for people to get a test. Also, where deaths for influenza and pneumonia have been much higher than the average for past years, especially at the beginning of the pandemic. The CDC did a very in-depth and lengthy report on all this which basically comes down to it is hard to know exactly what deaths are from covid-19, influenza, pneumonia, or something else. You may also be interested in:
Fact check: Confusion about CDC's COVID-19 death count