re: I’m a medical provider:Why we should be concerned about COVID-19

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Of course. But it’s silly to argue that 13 patients in respiratory distress who also tested positive for Covid 19 maybe died from _________ (fill in the blank) instead.

It’s an intriguing line of mental defense from a virus. But it’s not rational.

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Things multiple patients could die of? I'll give it a try...

1) Hepititis
2) TB
3) Food poisoning biological
4) Food poisoning chemical
5) Untrained & unlicensed pest control spraying
6) Bad furnace or hot water exhaust system - Carbon Monoxcide
7) Bad batch of fentynal-laden pain killers (prescribed)
8) Bad batch of fentynal-laden pain killers (illegal - more common problem than you think in elder centers)
9) Dirty HVAC system - Legionaires

Bottom line: This unprecedented panic is largely driven by the ASSUMPTION that these 19 people died of C-19.

Did they have the virus in their system? Yes. Any medical proof that C-19 was the cause of death? No.

Without these Washington deaths, the mortality rate looks more like the flu.