Seriously? Gunshot Deaths Counted Among COVID-19 Fatalities in Colorado

[PeteS in CA]

Seriously? Gunshot Deaths Counted Among COVID-19 Fatalities in Colorado

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2020/12/16/seriously-gunshot-deaths-counted-among-covid-19-fatalities-in-colorado-n1215526

A pair of gunshot deaths that counted among COVID fatalities have earned the ire of a county coroner in Colorado.

Grand County, in the sparsely-populated (but breathtaking) northwestern quarter of the state, is home to fewer than 15,000 people and has been lucky enough to endure only a handful of deaths related to the Wuhan Virus.

But of those five deaths, County Coroner Brenda Bock says two actually died of gunshot wounds.

Bock sounded furious in her interview with CBS4 News in Denver, and with good reason. Grand County’s economy is heavily reliant on tourism, and as Bock told CBS4, “It’s absurd that they would even put that on there.”
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Bock told CBS4 that because the victims had tested positive for COVID-19 within 30 days of having been shot, the county classified them as “deaths among cases.”

It takes a special kind of moron ... or maybe a special kind of Tyrannocrat.

[mountaineer]

New COVID-19 Death Dispute: Colorado Coroner Says State Mischaracterized Death
By Brian Maass
May 14, 2020 at 11:59 pm

CORTEZ, Colo. (CBS4) – When police in Cortez, Colorado were called to Cortez City Park early on the morning of May 4, they found Sebastian Yellow, 35, lying on the ground and called it out as a code “Frank,” meaning Yellow had died, according to a police report obtained by CBS4.

Within a week, local Montezuma County Coroner George Deavers determined Yellow had died of acute alcohol poisoning, his blood alcohol measured at .55, nearly twice the lethal limit.

“It was almost double what the minimum lethal amount was in the state”, said Deavers, during an interview with CBS4.

But Deavers said that before he even signed the death certificate, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment had already categorized Yellow’s death as being due to COVID-19 and it was tabulated that way on the state’s website.

“I can see no reason for this”, said Deavers.

Yellow’s death is the latest in Colorado raising eyebrows over the way the CDPHE is reclassifying deaths that runs contrary to what doctors and coroners initially ruled. ...

CBS Denver

This is why I don't believe the numbers from the various health agencies, whether county, state or federal.

[Bigun]

New COVID-19 Death Dispute: Colorado Coroner Says State Mischaracterized Death
By Brian Maass
May 14, 2020 at 11:59 pmCBS Denver

This is why I don't believe the numbers from the various health agencies, whether county, state or federal.

I'm to the point of not believing anything the feral government tells me about anything.

[PeteS in CA]

Pretty sure this story was mention on TBR previously, https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2020-06-17/wa-authorities-report-mistake-in-covid-test-reporting

Washington Removes Homicides, Suicides From COVID-19 Deaths

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington health officials on Wednesday removed seven deaths from the state's official COVID-19 mortality count, including three homicides.

The Department of Health said it had been counting as coronavirus deaths all people who died and tested positive for the disease. Authorities say they have now removed deaths from the count that weren't caused specifically by COVID-19.

Those deaths included three homicides, two suicides and two overdoses. The department osaid four of the deaths were in King County and three were in Yakima County.

Going forward, authorities say they will attempt to be more specific about whether a death was caused by the coronavirus or whether a person died of other causes.