CDC Guidelines List All Deaths as COVID 19 Hat tip to Joker68. Original post here https://voat.co/v/news/3746087 Source: https://www.westernjournal.com/cdc-tells-hospitals-list-covid-cause-death-even-just-assuming-contributed/ Issued March 24, the guidance tells hospitals to list COVID-19 as a cause of death regardless of whether or not there’s actual testing to confirm that’s the case. Instead, even if the coronavirus was just a contributing factor or if it’s “assumed to have caused or contributed to death,” it can be listed as the primary cause. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, or ICD, has established the code U07.1 for death by coronavirus infection. There’s a secondary code, U07.2, “for clinical or epidemiological diagnosis of COVID-19 where a laboratory confirmation is inconclusive or not available,” according to the CDC guidance. “Because laboratory test results are not typically reported on death certificates in the U.S., NCHS is not planning to implement U07.2 for mortality statistics.” Therein lies the problem. “The underlying cause depends upon what and where conditions are reported on the death certificate. However, the rules for coding and selection of the underlying cause of death are expected to result in COVID- 19 being the underlying cause more often than not,” the guidelines read. Proof Source: Tweet with actual CDC Guidelines https://twitter.com/AlexBerenson/status/1246124190438227974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1246124190438227974&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernjournal.com%2Fcdc-tells-hospitals-list-covid-cause-death-even-just-assuming-contributed%2F Large PDF of Guidelines https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EUsfV6pWAAAjHkA?format=jpg&name=large Edit: Gateway Pundit picked it up as well. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/cdc-tells-hospitals-list-covid-19-cause-death-even-assumed-caused-contributed-death-lab-tests-not-required/