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Originally Posted by HonestChieffan
Theirin lies the issue with reporting and reporting something to advance a narrative or reportage by journalists with no medical background. Pathologists must go near insane when they read some of these "conclusions" and pure speculation in the media.
Pathologists would be able to confirm the subject is dead.
But if the subject had a history of substantial health issues that were ongoing and passed on while they had Covid 19 it would be near impossible to isolate Covid as the cause of lets say renal failure if the subject had prior history of Kidney issues.
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This is not an easy conclusion at all. If someone has a history of CKD, contracts Covid-19, develops secondary pneumonia, sepsis, renal failure and dies, what is the cause of death?
If they are placed on Hydroxychloroquine, develop torsade de pointes and die, what is the cause of death?
If they develop myocarditis, what is the cause of death?
If they become fluid overloaded, developed pulmonary edema and die, what is the cause of death?
How do you definitively prove these things?
Cause of death is a clinical impression, and death certificates have room for more than one causative factor. Otherwise, every death certificate would say cardiac arrest (you are discouraged from putting cardiac arrest as the cause of death).