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Originally Posted by edslunch
The death rate is very low relative to the number of cases, I wonder what’s going on:
- virus is losing it virility
- younger patients
- catching more asymptotic people
- better treatments
- cooking the books
- ....
If the hospitals start overflowing the number will ramp up but it’s currently very low compared to the recent sustained positive test rate.
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Yes actually attributing cause of death is a complex process and every region does it differently. I agree with your list but in particular in Florida, there is a lot more dying ‘with COVID’ than ‘from COVID’. And absolutely no presumed cases. The Florida government made these changes about a month back and are now particularly relevant after they took over as COVID epicentre