{"id":10859,"date":"2020-04-05T14:13:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T18:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=10859"},"modified":"2020-04-05T14:13:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T18:13:06","slug":"hospitals-listing-covid-19-as-cause-of-death-even-without-medical-confirmation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=10859","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals Listing COVID-19 as Cause of Death Even Without Medical Confirmation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>HUGE! From CDC Website: Hospitals to List COVID-19 as Cause of Death Even if It&#8217;s &#8220;Assumed to Have Caused Or Contributed to Death&#8221; &#8211; Lab Tests Not Required<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9840.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"430\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10860\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9840.jpg 563w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/IMG_9840-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Cristina Laila<br \/>\nGateway Pundit<\/p>\n<p>The Coronavirus crisis took the US by storm, spiking unemployment and crashing the stock market virtually over night.<\/p>\n<p>The media is bombarding Americans around the clock with updates on the death count, highlighting death maps and scaring people into staying home.<\/p>\n<p>Governors are forcing small businesses to shut down and threatening to jail anyone who violates their authoritarian social distancing orders.<\/p>\n<p>The media hysteria is based on a Bill Gates-funded IHME Coronavirus model that has been proven to be way off.<\/p>\n<p>It gets worse\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The amount of Americans who are reported to have died from the Coronavirus is based on a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/nvss\/coronavirus\/Alert-2-New-ICD-code-introduced-for-COVID-19-deaths.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CDC coding system<\/a> that will \u201cresult in COVID-19 being the underlying cause more often than not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A new ICD code was established to keep track of Coronavirus deaths.<\/p>\n<p>The U07.1 code will be used for death by Coronavirus infection.<\/p>\n<p>However, there\u2019s another secondary code, U07.2, \u201cfor clinical or epidemiological diagnosis of COVID-19 where\u00a0a laboratory confirmation is inconclusive or not available,\u201d the CDC guidelines read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a huge problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d the guidelines read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID-19 should be reported on the death certificate for all decedents where the disease\u00a0<strong>caused or is assumed to have caused or contributed to death<\/strong>,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/nvss\/coronavirus\/Alert-2-New-ICD-code-introduced-for-COVID-19-deaths.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CDC guidelines issued March 24 read<\/a>. \u201cCertifiers should include as much detail as possible based on their knowledge of the case, medical records, laboratory testing, etc.,\u201d the guidance continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the decedent had other chronic conditions such as COPD or asthma that may have also contributed, these conditions can be reported in Part II.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/ As you sit home watching <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID<\/a> death counts spiral, please know the official <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDCgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CDCgov<\/a> guidance for coding COVID-related deaths is as follows: any death where the disease \u201ccaused or is *assumed* to have caused or *contributed to* death.\u201d Confirmed lab tests are not required&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H4D6mcti3R\">pic.twitter.com\/H4D6mcti3R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexBerenson\/status\/1246124190438227974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2020\/04\/cdc-tells-hospitals-list-covid-19-cause-death-even-assumed-caused-contributed-death-lab-tests-not-required\/\">https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2020\/04\/cdc-tells-hospitals-list-covid-19-cause-death-even-assumed-caused-contributed-death-lab-tests-not-required\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HUGE! 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