No, the number of COVID-19 deaths has not been exaggerated 20x!

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Since the beginning of September, Trump and the Republican party has been pushing the idea that the CDC has suddenly noticed that only 6% of recorded COVID-19 deaths were really deaths from COVID-19. They want you to believe the other 94% of deaths were nothing to do with it.

No, the number of COVID-19 deaths has not been exaggerated 20x!

That is a lie.

They claim it's a new study, but it's not.

It's based on a weekly report by the CDC that's been saying more or less the same thing since at least May. The right wing have just chosen to misinterpret it for propaganda purposes, because the truth makes them look terrible.

This is the report, today:

www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm

"Comorbidities
Table 3 shows the types of health conditions and contributing causes mentioned in conjunction with deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). For 6% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death. The number of deaths with each condition or cause is shown for all deaths and by age groups. For data on comorbidities, . "

This is the report from May:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200531070735/https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm
" Table 4 shows the types of health conditions and contributing causes mentioned in conjunction with deaths involving coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). For 7% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.5 additional conditions or causes per death. The number of deaths with each condition or cause is shown for all deaths and by age groups..."

They claim the other deaths weren't from COVID-19, but they were.

First off, why would you insist that a death from COVID-19 and, say, cancer, wasn't a death from COVID-19? They were likely to die some time in the next five years, so getting the virus and showing the symptoms of COVID-19 had nothing to do with it?

I'm not a doctor or medical professional, but I can spot BS. Here are some other resources, if you want to read further:

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/09/cdc-did-not-admit-only-6-of-recorded-deaths-from-covid-19/

https://healthfeedback.org/claimreview/false-claim-shared-by-president-trump-that-only-6-of-cdc-reported-deaths-are-from-covid-19-is-based-on-flawed-reasoning/

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/aug/31/facebook-posts/no-cdc-did-not-quietly-adjust-us-coronavirus-death/

Back to "if you want to say it, own it", because anonymous replies are generally worthless.

Oh, and #TrumpKnew it was this deadly on February 7th. 195,259 Americans dead.

No, the number of COVID-19 deaths has not been exaggerated 20x!
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