From our ever-wonderful Centers for Disease Control:
COVIDView - Key Updates for Week 50, ending December 12, 2020
Nationally, surveillance indicators tracking levels of SARS-CoV-2 circulation and associated illnesses declined slightly or remained stable during the week ending December 12, 2020. The percentage of deaths due to pneumonia, influenza and COVID-19 (PIC) has been increasing since October. Both COVID-19-associated hospitalizations and PIC mortality for the most recent weeks are expected to increase as more data are received.
PIC = pneumonia, influenza and COVID-19
So anyone dying from pneumonia, influenza or COVID-19 will have their death reported as PIC and it will be counted as a COVID death. Talk about fudging the numbers.
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