Washington State’s COVID-19 Death Count Is Inflated: Death Certificate Analysis
A death certificate analysis shows that the number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 in Washington state remains inflated, according to a new investigation.
The Freedom Foundation, a free-market think tank, published research in May claiming the COVID-19 death total from the state’s Department of Health was inflated by as much as 13 percent by counting every person who tested positive for the disease, even if the death wasn’t caused by it.
State officials subsequently admitted that some deaths reported as caused by COVID-19 ended up not being caused by the disease.