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Old 08-05-2021, 05:02 AM
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For most deaths, the coroner does not prepare the death certificate, and there is no autopsy. So, the cause of death is often not much more than an educated guess.

In the U.S.overall, I think that COVID deaths are being overreported, not underreported.