Hi Pad,
nbsp; You said two very different things there. nbsp; You said "based either on test confirmation or on the attending doctor's judgment". nbsp; Test confirmation is what's taking priority.....and that's the problem. nbsp; For a sanity check they just need to look at the data.......let's say on average every year 100,000 (nice round number) hospitalized people die from a variety of things. COVIS come along and this year a total of 200,000 people that are hospitalized die. nbsp; The number of deaths that could be attributed to COVIS could be as high as 100,000. nbsp; Not 150,000 or 175,000, which is how is what we're seeing. nbsp; Many folks die of something else, but because they nbspTEST POSITIVE nbsp;for COVIS the cause of death (or one of the causes of death) is listed as COVIS. nbsp; For example..........a person dying of Leukemia is hospitalized, but isn't going to live long (my grandmother went thru this). nbsp; While there that person contracts COVIS and dies. nbsp; They died from the Leukemia, but had COVIS. nbsp; That counts as a COVIS death. Lots of folks already in the hospital wouldn't be affected by COVIS, just like out here in the world....most are immune to it. nbsp; Take it to the extreme........I get hit by a car and am rushed to the ER. nbsp; I get swabbed for COVIS as routine practice while in the ambulance and end up dying on the operating table. nbsp; The swab results come back and I did in fact have COVIS. nbsp; Should COVIS be listed as a cause of death? nbsp
nbsp; If the second part of what you said were true there'd be no issue. nbsp; The attending doctor's judgement is fine......but not when the hospitals are pressuring them to include COVIS in their judgement. nbsp; That's flat out wrong. nbsp; And that's what the Docs are complaining about. nbsp; nbspWhy are we always playing games?? nbsp
nbsp; What the hospitals are doing is trying to make money. When this is over the public will demand that we're prepared for the next pandemic. nbsp; That means hospitals will be getting Federal money to stock up and prepare. nbsp; And all the supplies they get will then be charged to the insurance companies when the next pandemic hits........or the hospitals will slowly use those stockpiles and then ask for more when the next pandemic hits. nbsp; Because they know the Government won't say no during a crisis. nbsp; And the amount of supplies they get will depend on the population they serve and how a pandemic affects their community. nbsp; Would they get more money if they said they had 1000 COVIS deaths or 5000 COVIS deaths? nbsp; It's all about the friggin' money, as usual. nbsp
regards,
bob