I appreciate your medical training. However, you should already know that viruses do not kill directly. They always compromise a weakened organ system, attacking organs which are unable to resist the viral invasion. Having suffered polio in 1952, I've studied its origins, causes (both mythical and logical), and have again suffered from post-Polio Syndrome.

The actual death rates from Wuhan are quite low. In fact as of 6/24/20 only 169 people under age 25 have died during the entire pandemic. That's microscopically low.

Additionally the survival rate is rather high, around 99.9%. That's hardly as deadly as the 1918 influenza pandemic. According to researchers at Stanford and UC Davis, Wuhan will penetrate until it reaches @ 75%. After that, it simply weakens and fails to penetrate further. COVID viruses like MERS and SARS

Further, death rates are measured as a percentage of the total infection rates. And according to the same Stanford and UC Davis folks, the total infection rates are 40x-50x diagnosis rates. To run those numbers, it means the total penetration rate runs to 100-120 million people.

The 1918 pandemic is estimate to have killed in the neighborhood of 50-100 million people, leaning toward the higher end. 675,000 people died from pneumonia, heart disease, pulmonary, and renal failure, after influenza infection.

Don't take my word. Read "The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, by John Barry. It's a very well and thoroughly written.

This pandemic has been fatally politicized. Dr. Fauci's daily waffling, and China's abject criminal behavior in hiding it are just two examples.

My logic is that if the person would otherwise still be alive without the Covid, then the additional factor of Covid infection is what caused the death. Also, in cases where healthy persons die from Coven infection I would assume it was the presence of the virus that caused death. I’m sure there are cases where people die from accidents when one could make the argument that a pre-existing condition was exacerbated by the accident, so the injuries from the accident really did not do the killing.
Frank

Death is a process which proceeds due to a number of factors. When a virus invades, attacking the weakest of the organs, it sets in place a process which leads to death in some instances. Viral pneumonia is one reaction, and it's really hard to treat. Patients have to be put on ventilators, and if left on too long are unlikely to come away healthy. Same holds true for renal failure. Dialysis sometimes becomes a one-way treatment, with the kidneys permanently damaged.

The virus is an underlyer, but an otherwise "healthy" person will die from renal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, etc. failure. There's always a cause of death.

There are any number of vehicle incidents where the crash did not cause death. A medical trauma such as a heart attack, stroke, etc., can cause death, resulting in an accident. However, the "accident" is not the cause of death in those instances. Happens all the time. When that happens, a medical examiner or coroner does an autopsy and determines the cause of death.

I appreciate your medical training. However, you should already know that viruses do not kill directly. They always compromise a weakened organ system, attacking organs which are unable to resist the viral invasion. Having suffered polio in 1952, I've studied its origins, causes (both mythical and logical), and have again suffered from post-Polio Syndrome.

The actual death rates from Wuhan are quite low. In fact as of 6/24/20 only 169 people under age 25 have died during the entire pandemic. That's microscopically low.

Additionally the survival rate is rather high, around 99.9%. That's hardly as deadly as the 1918 influenza pandemic. According to researchers at Stanford and UC Davis, Wuhan will penetrate until it reaches @ 75%. After that, it simply weakens and fails to penetrate further. COVID viruses like MERS and SARS

Further, death rates are measured as a percentage of the total infection rates. And according to the same Stanford and UC Davis folks, the total infection rates are 40x-50x diagnosis rates. To run those numbers, it means the total penetration rate runs to 100-120 million people.

The 1918 pandemic is estimate to have killed in the neighborhood of 50-100 million people, leaning toward the higher end. 675,000 people died from pneumonia, heart disease, pulmonary, and renal failure, after influenza infection.

Don't take my word. Read "The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, by John Barry. It's a very well and thoroughly written.

This pandemic has been fatally politicized. Dr. Fauci's daily waffling, and China's abject criminal behavior in hiding it are just two examples.