
<p>The medical establishment is finally admitting that the number of Covid deaths has been greatly overcounted. ; At the height of the Covid Pandemic, I wrote commentaries detailing the overcounting – but in those days, making such documented claims got you knocked off social media for spreading disinformation.</p>



<p>(The fact that they are now admitting to overcounting should be a warning of the danger of playing censor of information that does not agree with the establishment view of the moment. ; It is VERY dangerous to a free society. ; </p>



<p>We saw that same reversal in the case of the Hunter Biden laptop and the Trump “Russian conspiracy theory” theory. ; That is why I am a First Amendment extremist. ; Let all voices be heard, and the FACTS – not the political narratives of the moment –lead us to the truth.  ; But I digress.)</p>



<p>The potential of an overcount of Covid deaths is not marginal nor insignificant.  ; In my previous writings, I noted that 60 percent of the deaths in a New York nursing home were determined to be from Covid even though patients were tested for Covid. ; In another commentary, I wrote how the official government statistics even had a category for deaths that were “assumed” to be related to Covid.  ; Those “assumed” victims were included in the official death count, however.</p>



<p>There is a problem between the difference between dying FROM Covid and WITH Covid. ; Folks dying from many other things – terminal diseases and accidents – who tested positive for Covid were often listed as Covid deaths.</p>



<p>Dr. Leana Wen &#8212; former Baltimore Health Commissioner, Washington Post columnist, and CNN medical analyst – conceded in a recent editorial that the medical community has been overcounting the number of Covid hospitalizations and deaths – and not by just a little.</p>



<p>Wen claimed that MOST patients hospitalized for Covid were actually admitted: “for some other illness.”  ; In her editorial, she cited reports from Massachusetts that claimed 90 percent of patients hospitalized FOR Covid were actually admitted for other reasons. ; That is a remarkable revision of history. ; That means the statistics about hospitalizations due to Covid are wrong … wrong … wrong. ; ;</p>



<p>More seriously, the death toll is also exaggerated – and not by a small amount. ; Some analysts indicate that more than half the deaths attributed to Covid were folks who died WITH Covid – but of other causes. ; Many would have died with or without Covid.</p>



<p>Part of the problem – and perhaps a big part – was government funding being provided to hospitals and communities based on the number of Covid patients and Covid deaths. ; You know what that means. ; There was a huge financial benefit to maximizing the number of Covid deaths.</p>



<p>The overcounting of hospitalizations and deaths had an enormous negative impact on the country – and the world. ; Did we really have to take such extreme measures as shutting down the American economy … putting millions out of work … destroying innumerable small businesses … depriving our children of education.</p>



<p>It may be that the cure was worse than the disease. ; Yes, it was a serious health issue. If Wen is correct –and I think she is – the problem was grossly overstated for political and economic reasons.</p>



<p>We have been living with a narrative that centered on Dr. Anthony Fauci as the number one authority and official spokesperson on all things Covid. ; Did he lie to the American people about the source of Covid? ; Did he push hospitalization and death numbers that were grossly exaggerated? ; Were his statements designed to inform the public – or gain more taxpayer funding for his industry?</p>



<p>Not surprisingly, Wen’s editorial got very little attention from the mainstream media. ; It should have. ; If her contention is even partially accurate, it is a blockbuster story. ; It is putting into doubt or dispute virtually everything the American people have been told for the past three and a half years.</p>



<p>So, there ‘tis.</p>

Over Counting Covid Deaths …. Cost Us Dearly
