The actual number is easily twice as high as the official count...
My wife worked as a hospitalist through the initial pandemic months then at a field hospital run by National Guards and in both stint they were told to put other causes of death as long as the person wasn't tested for Covid.
Also, on the topic of freedom, only thing most of my fellow Americans really care about is their freedom to harm others, the freedom to own high powered military assault rifles to do mass shooting with, freedom to not wear masks so as to spread airborne diseases...
My wife worked as a hospitalist through the initial pandemic months then at a field hospital run by National Guards and in both stint they were told to put other causes of death as long as the person wasn't tested for Covid.
Also, on the topic of freedom, only thing most of my fellow Americans really care about is their freedom to harm others, the freedom to own high powered military assault rifles to do mass shooting with, freedom to not wear masks so as to spread airborne diseases...