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@divegeester saidhttps://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/08/829506542/after-deaths-at-home-in-nyc-officials-plan-to-count-many-as-covid-19
I suppose it's too much to expect you to provide evidence of this?
@divegeester saidhttps://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/08/829506542/after-deaths-at-home-in-nyc-officials-plan-to-count-many-as-covid-19
I suppose it's too much to expect you to provide evidence of this?
@earl-of-trumps saidAs they should be, if the virus accelerated the death.
@Eladar
that's right. I believe it was Dr. Birx that made the announcement from the white house.
If you are dying of cancer but also get CV, and you die,,, it is now considered a CV death.
@no1marauder saidTrue. And if a terminally ill cancer patient who has only mild CV symptoms dies, you should call it a cancer death, not a CV death.
As they should be, if the virus accelerated the death.
If a cancer patient gets hit by a bus and dies, you don't put cancer as the cause of death on the death certificate.
@no1marauder saidSo what is the difference in symptoms of the flu and coronavirus?
Here's the CDC Guidelines:
When determining whether COVID–19 played a role in the
cause of death, follow the CDC clinical criteria for evaluating a
person under investigation for COVID–19 and, where possible,
conduct appropriate laboratory testing using guidance provided
by CDC or local health authorities. More information on CDC
recommendations for reporting, tes ...[text shortened]... should be conducted whenever possible.[/b]
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvss/vsrg/vsrg03-508.pdf
@eladar saidNot quite, when Public Health England report their figures they report deaths in hospital. The Office of National Statistics report deaths as recorded on the death certificate. So if someone in a care home dies and their doctor records covid-19 on the death certificate it will not be reported in PHE figures, but will be reported in ONS figures, which come out more slowly.
@divegeester
So the UK is doing it differently than the US.