[h=1]Mississippi Coroner Says State's Coronavirus Death Tally Is Misleading, Causing 'Unnecessary Fear In The Public'[/h]
[FONT="]Joshua Pounder, the coroner for DeSoto County in northwest Mississippi, [/FONT]wrote on his Facebook page[FONT="] Thursday night a breakdown of all causes of death in the county in July. He said he felt compelled to act because of the "many facebook google experts and politicians with politically driven agendas driven by money reporting information that is twisted and false to the public."
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[FONT="]The post, which has since garnered nearly 3,000 shares, described what Pounder called an "average month in Desoto county," despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The coroner's office recently completed reports for 144 deaths in July, Pounder wrote.
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[FONT="]Pounder attributed the highest number of deaths to heart conditions, lung or vascular diseases and strokes, with 67 reported deaths. Pounder wrote that cancer was the second-highest, causing 30 reported deaths in the county.
[/FONT][FONT="]"All of the individuals who have died that were [positive] for covid at some point have all had major medical problems prior to contracting covid," Pounder wrote, adding that the majority of them were older than 75 and many of the people who died already had a terminal diagnosis of some kind.
[/FONT][FONT="]The Mississippi State Department of Health, however, "demands" that anyone who has a positive coronavirus test at the time of their death is reported as a "covid death" without acknowledging the fact that "many of them were terminal prior to a [positive] test]," Pounder said.
[/FONT][FONT="]It is this misrepresentation that has caused "unnecessary fear in the public" and significant stress, Pounder said. The coroner added that cardiovascular and pulmonary deaths were "drastically up" in DeSoto, which Pounder attributed to stress caused by the pandemic and fear caused by listening to politicians and news reporters give "false information
[/FONT][FONT="]"Stress causes high blood pressure and high blood pressure with heart disease or vascular disease cause heart attacks and strokes," Pounder wrote.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Citizens who "see the false information politicians report to the world" and "see what the news reporter who has no knowledge of what he is reporting broadcast to the world" become too afraid to leave their homes and go to the hospital for treatment of a "more serious condition and ultimately have a cardiac arrest at home," Pounder said.
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[FONT="]Joshua Pounder, the coroner for DeSoto County in northwest Mississippi, [/FONT]wrote on his Facebook page[FONT="] Thursday night a breakdown of all causes of death in the county in July. He said he felt compelled to act because of the "many facebook google experts and politicians with politically driven agendas driven by money reporting information that is twisted and false to the public."
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[FONT="]The post, which has since garnered nearly 3,000 shares, described what Pounder called an "average month in Desoto county," despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The coroner's office recently completed reports for 144 deaths in July, Pounder wrote.
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[FONT="]Pounder attributed the highest number of deaths to heart conditions, lung or vascular diseases and strokes, with 67 reported deaths. Pounder wrote that cancer was the second-highest, causing 30 reported deaths in the county.
[/FONT][FONT="]"All of the individuals who have died that were [positive] for covid at some point have all had major medical problems prior to contracting covid," Pounder wrote, adding that the majority of them were older than 75 and many of the people who died already had a terminal diagnosis of some kind.
[/FONT][FONT="]The Mississippi State Department of Health, however, "demands" that anyone who has a positive coronavirus test at the time of their death is reported as a "covid death" without acknowledging the fact that "many of them were terminal prior to a [positive] test]," Pounder said.
[/FONT][FONT="]It is this misrepresentation that has caused "unnecessary fear in the public" and significant stress, Pounder said. The coroner added that cardiovascular and pulmonary deaths were "drastically up" in DeSoto, which Pounder attributed to stress caused by the pandemic and fear caused by listening to politicians and news reporters give "false information
[/FONT][FONT="]"Stress causes high blood pressure and high blood pressure with heart disease or vascular disease cause heart attacks and strokes," Pounder wrote.[/FONT]
[FONT="]Citizens who "see the false information politicians report to the world" and "see what the news reporter who has no knowledge of what he is reporting broadcast to the world" become too afraid to leave their homes and go to the hospital for treatment of a "more serious condition and ultimately have a cardiac arrest at home," Pounder said.
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