[Info-vax] [Totally OT] Covid-19, was: Re: Creating an open source version of VMS, was: Re: OpenVMS Hobbyist Notification

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <rl32h1$kv1$1 at dont-email.me>,
=?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>
writes: 

> Another thing is how these Covid-19 deaths are defined. Anyone
> having a positive Covid-19 test within *30* days before the death,
> is counted. No matter what the actual cause of death was. Could
> have been killed in a car crash, or by a heart attack.

Is that different than the regular flu?

This can be a problem.  If someone playing football has a heart attack 
and dies, he had a heart attack and dies.  If someone has a heart attack 
and dies while diving, then it was a diving accident.