The CDC saying 90% underlying vs 10% contributing works out to be opposite of how I interpreted your post. I.E. if COVID is considered the underlying cause, they are saying COVID is the primary reason that person died.
Definitions I found on the internets:
If they had Terminal Cancer, then got Covid and died, you think Covid killed them. Everyone is allowed their opinion and that is ok with me but you can't change the facts my friend. If you get mangled in a car accident and are DOA but at the hospital you test positive for Covid, or had tested positive in the last 30 days, Covid didn't kill you but it is counted that way.
In the link you are commenting about, the CDC states below on that very link. I am hoping you are opening the links to look at what I am showing rather then looking for alternate definitions found on the internet. Look at flu or pneumonia deaths and how they are counted, there are no shot in the head deaths counted there, but Covid is counted differently? Why? There is only one reason right? To maximize the numbers is the only conclusion I come to.
Tabulated data on provisional COVID-19 deaths by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, and comorbidities. Also includes an index of state-level and county-level mortality data available for download.
www.cdc.gov
Comorbidities and other conditions
Table 3 shows the types of health conditions and contributing causes mentioned in conjunction with deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The number of deaths that mention one or more of the conditions indicated is shown for all deaths involving COVID-19 and by age groups. For over 5% of these deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned on the death certificate. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 4.0 additional conditions or causes per death."
According to the Colorado State Health Department, the CDC dictates to all states that --> "deaths for people who died with but not necessarily because of COVID-19 come from epidemiological data. Thus, anyone who died within 30 days after testing positive for COVID is included in the count regardless of official cause of death.'
This was discovered in a small rural town in Colorado where the Coroner had only a couple Covid deaths and suddenly saw the number increase by 2. She looked to see who it was and it was a murder suicide she did the autopsies on. The boyfriend shot his girlfriend in the head, then shot himself, yet they were counted as Covid deaths and she (the Coroner) didn't fill out the death certificates that way. It was changed above her by the State Health Department.
This IS how Covid deaths are counted, I am not ok with that given the amount of fear stoked with Covid.
The county coroner said the state is reporting two additional COVID-19 deaths in Grand that she believes should not be included.
www.skyhinews.com