Physicians Say Hospitals Are Pressuring ER Docs to List COVID-19 on Death Certificates

I have blogged here multiple times that I think the death toll is inflated! The case number is possibly inflated as well not least due to dubious test results.

Mark Twain: “Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with justice and force: 'There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics’”. (Source)

"During their long discussion with reporters, Dr. Erickson noted he has spoken to numerous physicians who say they are being pressured to add COVID-19 to death certificates and diagnostic lists—even when the novel coronavirus appears to have no relation to the victim’s cause of death. ...

Earlier this month, Illinois’s top health official explained that any victim diagnosed with the novel coronavirus would be classified as a COVID-19 death—regardless of whether it contributed to the patient’s death. ...

who was applying the alleged pressure on physicians, he said it was hospital administration. ...

hospitals are incentivized to pressure physicians to include COVID-19 on death certificates and discharge papers, since the CARES Act increases Medicare payments to hospitals treating COVID-19 victims. ..."

Physicians Say Hospitals Are Pressuring ER Docs to List COVID-19 on Death Certificates. Here’s Why - Foundation for Economic Education The economic incentive to add COVID-19 to diagnostic lists and death certificates is clear and does not require any conspiracy.