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@AmpBenzScientist @freemo perhaps, but it is in line with how we classify deaths by other causes. For instance, when I fill out paperwork for a death certificate, it includes questions about tobacco smoking history.

It should be noted as well that despite the concerns you raise here, the all-cause excess mortality data for the US has consistently been well above the COVID excess deaths, suggesting we are missing a huge number of COVID deaths in our counting (an undercount).