CV and mad panic behaviour

[LP]

https://www.abs.gov.au/articles/covid-19...-australia

The majority (2,556 deaths) of the 2,639 deaths registered with or from COVID to 31 January 2022 were due directly to COVID-19.

Yep, how this is reported and varies from region to region is more about politics, finance and funding.

The general public assume the reporting is like for like, a COVID death is a COVID death, but it isn't, laws aren't the same region to region, insurance policies vary, government funding mechanisms vary, welfare varies, political and media pressure varies accordingly.

A nice example, my UK associate has relatives somewhere in Europe, he tells me that in their location COVID deaths are not reported as an official COVID only death because there are no mechanisms in place to cover health care costs and welfare for a COVID case, so the doctors "look after" the families by listing a comorbidity like pneumonia, and then the case goes through the health care system unhindered. They are more cynical, they think it's remaining like that so that politicians can stand up and claim we don't have a COVID problem, because the incumbents are politically anti-lockdown, technically it is not a lie!

Not just across international boundaries, but even across our own country the reporting was initially inconsistent state to state, it's worth recalling this when we discuss head counts. Labels matter!