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Comparing different approaches to Covid-19 containment | 56 comments (56 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
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Also bearing in mind that some of those who died of Covid-19 would have died of other/natural causes in any case and would, in other years, have been part of the "normal" 64-70k deaths up to 10 April. Do all death certs in France give a doctor's opinion on cause of death, and would deaths caused by respiratory failure be presumed covid related in the absence of a positive test?

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by Frank Schnittger (mail Frankschnittger at hot male dotty communists) on Thu Apr 23rd, 2020 at 02:01:13 PM EST
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The standard "Certificat de décès" form must be filled in by a MD; it does always include a section "causes du décès", be it "mort naturelle" or a specific diagnosed illness. The doctor may order an autopsy, but I'm not sure if she may order a post-mortem C-19 test. In any case, testing the patients (or deceased people) with COVID-like symptoms has become routine, in hospitals obviously, but also in nursing homes.
by Bernard (bernard) on Thu Apr 23rd, 2020 at 08:00:19 PM EST
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Another complicating factor is that the social distancing techniques used to limit coronavirus also limit other diseases, so their rates may be lower than usual this year.
by asdf on Sun Apr 26th, 2020 at 12:46:38 AM EST
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That's not what US presses have been reporting the last couple of weeks. Indeed, reporters' eagerness to quote random MD speculations of NEW! syndromes and deferred chronic illness complications increases by each day added to LOCKDOWN.

Yeasterday, for example, USAToday headlined a mysterious SURGE of strokes among (5) NYC patients < 40 y.o. a couple of academic promptly attributed novel properties to coronavirus, activated by intercourse with hemoglobin with effect of instant polycythemia. Further studies proposed.

by Cat on Thu Apr 30th, 2020 at 11:42:15 AM EST
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Comparing different approaches to Covid-19 containment | 56 comments (56 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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