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Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by Lightbody on Monday May 11, 2020 @09:08PM (#23149489)
Google "comorbidities" + "[insert any disease]" and you'll find this same topic discussed over and over.

This is something the medical profession has been dealing with pretty much forever. There is no reason to believe that suddenly there is a conspiracy to change how they handle reporting.

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Re:Elon Musk reopening Tesla factory despite Alameda County ... by refurb on Monday May 11, 2020 @10:22PM (#23149926)
I'm not claiming a conspiracy theory, just that determining the cause of death is not always black and white.

That said, hospitals get a bigger payment if the patient has COVID, so they have a very strong incentive to diagnose it.

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