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https://cbs12.com/amp/news/local/i-team-deaths-incorrectly-attributed-to-covid-19-in-palm-beach-county

A 60-year-old man who died from a gun shot wound to the head. A 90-year-old man who fell and died from complications of a hip fracture. A 77-year-old woman who died of Parkinson's disease. 

These are some of the deaths in Palm Beach County recently, and incorrectly, attributed to COVID-19 in medical examiner records. 

The CBS12 News I-Team uncovered several examples in Medical Examiner reports of people counted as a COVID death who did not die of COVID. 

We requested a list of all COVID-19 deaths in Palm Beach County from the Medical Examiner's office and received a spread sheet of 581 cases. 

Each person on the spreadsheet is someone who tested positive for COVID-19. In each case line, the person's cause of death and contributing causes of death are listed, if there are any. 


The I-Team found eight cases in which a person was counted as a COVID death, but did not have COVID listed as a cause of contributing cause of death. 


#INFLATEDNUMBERS

https://www.ajc.com/news/coronavirus/covid-doesnt-care-about-your-age-georgias-virus-deaths-soar/63LQCR3QG5CCBEAISJ5XCLQHMM/

Headline claims COVID doesn't care about your age and then explains that a very low percentage of deaths is those under 50.  So, I check the paper's own reporting about deaths and the trend appears to be down, not up.

https://www.ajc.com/news/coronavirus-georgia-covid-dashboard/jvoLBozRtBSVSNQDDAuZxH/

I mentioned that my kid in Texas, 32, was quite discomfited by it, did not seek medical attention nor was counted.  He said shortness of breath was the most bothersome symptom.  He was breathing hard just getting up and walking across the room.

At that time, it was difficult to get take out food from local restaurants delivered, and he has a dog to be walked.

I mentioned that my kid in Texas, 32, was quite discomfited by it, did not seek medical attention nor was counted.  He said shortness of breath was the most bothersome symptom.  He was breathing hard just getting up and walking across the room.

At that time, it was difficult to get take out food from local restaurants delivered, and he has a dog to be walked.

Yeah so far their symptoms don't seem to involve the shortness of breath, or really even much coughing.  Fatigue, nausea, diarrhea, loss of appetite, that's what they're battling so far.  Their likely exposure was over 14 days ago now, and things don't seem to be getting any worse, so I'm hopeful they won't face any of the breathing/pneumonia type issues.

Why is that ironic?

no more ironic then folks going to the hospital for something else and catching it there

even churches need to take precautions 

https://cbs12.com/amp/news/local/i-team-deaths-incorrectly-attributed-to-covid-19-in-palm-beach-county

A 60-year-old man who died from a gun shot wound to the head. A 90-year-old man who fell and died from complications of a hip fracture. A 77-year-old woman who died of Parkinson's disease.

These are some of the deaths in Palm Beach County recently, and incorrectly, attributed to COVID-19 in medical examiner records.

The CBS12 News I-Team uncovered several examples in Medical Examiner reports of people counted as a COVID death who did not die of COVID.

We requested a list of all COVID-19 deaths in Palm Beach County from the Medical Examiner's office and received a spread sheet of 581 cases.

Each person on the spreadsheet is someone who tested positive for COVID-19. In each case line, the person's cause of death and contributing causes of death are listed, if there are any.


The I-Team found eight cases in which a person was counted as a COVID death, but did not have COVID listed as a cause of contributing cause of death.


#INFLATEDNUMBERS

Ok, so if COVID is not listed as the cause of death OR a contributing cause of death, on the death certificate, then it won't be counted as a cause of death in official CDC numbers.

Sounds like there are two options...

• These 8 cases (1.4% of the total) were reported incorrectly and it'll get corrected later in official numbers.
• These 8 cases were never reported as COVID deaths and the spreadsheet was in error.

But either way it's barely over 1% of the number. That's not a horrible error rate, all things considered.