07-28-2021, 12:56 PM
(07-28-2021, 12:52 PM)TJ528 Wrote: From my understanding, if a patient goes into the hospital and dies of upper respiratory issues and it's a COVID symptom it's marked as a COVID related death. To me if you die of a symptom of a virus then it's probably caused by that virus so it should be reported as a COVID death.
It's kind of like in my mind, when it comes to cancer. Does every cancer patient die of cancer? No they die of unlaying issues from cancer. I guess the cancer numbers in our country probably are skewed too because cancer patient don't always die of cancer, but symptoms.
Then again maybe I'm wrong because I'm not a medical professional so I try and stick to my own line of work where I specialize.
In my relative's case, they contracted covid while in the hospital. They were never coming out of the hospital regardless due to age, organ failure, and what put them there in the first place. They were dying. But, since they tested positive while there, they were listed as a covid death. To me, that's a skewed statistic.
