This is horribly dishonest. "Only 6%" would refer to COVID deaths where the death certificate had literally nothing but "COVID-19." It means the pathologist / medical examiner was lazy and didn& #39;t even include things COVID causes, like "respiratory failure" or "cardiac arrest." /1

Table 3: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm

If">https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss... a person with no pre-existing conditions got COVID-19, developed sepsis, went into respiratory failure, had a heart attack, and died, and the death certificate listed all that, they wouldn& #39;t be in the "only 6%." They& #39;d have 3 comorbidities. /2

If you want to roll with "only 6%," you& #39;ve got to explain something else.

42% of Americans are obese. What percent of COVID-19 deaths involved obesity?

3.5%.

What?! How?!

Simple: the chart merely lists what medical examiners chose to put on death certificates. /3

If we interpreted those death certificates the way "only 6%" people are, then the worst comorbidity of all isn& #39;t influenza, COPD, diabetes, obesity, or even cancer. It& #39;s <drumroll> "other."

Causes on death certificates aren& #39;t standardized, and practices for them vary widely. /4

Of course, a pre-existing condition doesn& #39;t mean a person ceases to be human. Most adults have a "comorbidity" of some sort; 53% of adults have elevated LDL, including Donald Trump. And we& #39;ve only scratched the surface of long-term complications. /end https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-long-term-effects/art-20490351#:~:text=COVID%2D19%20symptoms%20can%20sometimes,completely%20within%20a%20few%20weeks.">https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-...

Local news stations are claiming 94% of COVID deaths had "contributing conditions."

If that& #39;s true, then:

* 98% of COVID deaths are still breathing (no respiratory arrest)

* 87% still have a beating heart (no cardiac arrest).

See my thread above for why this is all wrong.