THE QUESTION.
“
The Covid-19 epidemic is not particularly deadly, the restrictions imposed for a few months are therefore not justified.
This is essentially the idea that has been circulating massively on social networks for a few weeks with, in support, data showing an absence of excess mortality compared to past years or to previous influenza epidemics.
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Some go so far as to claim that doctors would receive remuneration for excessively
inscribing
"
Covid-19
" on death certificates for the sole purpose of inflating statistics ... What is it really?
What is the outcome of the epidemic to date?
CHECKS.
Let's say it right away: Doctors are not paid to check off “
Covid-19
” as a cause of death.
Most of the time, they do not receive any remuneration for drawing up a death certificate, as confirmed in
Figaro
by Dr Gaël Durel, geriatrician and president of the National Association of coordinating physicians.
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