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Old 09-21-2021, 08:57 AM
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I think I answered my own question:
"Only 6% of deaths have only COVID-19 listed in the death report, according to the CDC." - ABC news (if they can be trusted).
Not sure if this indicates that there was nothing else wrong with the subject such as those illnesses listed; ie. obese, diabetic, etc. or whether the death reports were just being used to pad the stats (say it isn't so!).
Then there is the medicare payment for patients labeled covid....and an even higher coverage if on a ventilator.

Could there be any doubt that when $$$ are involved the numbers game gets "murky"?