CoronaVirus

bunk · 04-23-2020, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by JLarson

Do you have a source for this? Genuinely interested, not trying to be a ****. Statistical skew is something that very much irritates me.

Couldnt find the original article from earlier month when I read about it. But heres a couple, Maybe dying from an accident unrelated to Covid, but being added to the stat if its in your system is a stretch? Who knows. But given that a CV PT has an upcharge, it wouldnt surprise me.
Its interesting in the Politifact article:

Strict federal definition: Until April 14, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counted as COVID-19 deaths only those in which the coronavirus was confirmed in a laboratory test — even as testing was not widely available; now, CDC counts probable cases and deaths. The day the change was announced, New York City’s COVID-19 death tally soared by more than 3,700 when it included in its total the deaths of people who were suspected of having COVID-19 but were never tested.

From Realclearpolitics:

the ability to market as COVID-19 infection the intent is right now that those if someone dies with COVID-19 we are counting that as a COVID-19 death.

https://www.politifact.com/factcheck...D-19-payments/

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...-19_death.html