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Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by dijit on Monday May 11, 2020 @09:05PM (#23149470)
If they die of COVID symptoms, then yes.

It gets mucky if they have lung cancer, but I think it's such a tiny fraction of cases that have terminal lung cancer which will kill them in very few weeks _and_ the severe case of COVID-19.

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Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by refurb on Monday May 11, 2020 @10:24PM (#23149940)
"If they die of COVID symptoms, then yes."

What does that mean? Respiratory failure? Plenty of diseases cause death through respiratory failure.

It's not that straight forward to determine cause of death in patients with comorbidities.

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Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by dijit on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @03:26AM (#23151376)
If you contract COVID-19 and then you die of Pneumonia a few weeks later then it's a pretty good guess.
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