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THREAD: Last week, IDPH reported the COVID death of a Cook Co female in her 20s. My research indicates this death is a suicide that occurred in May.
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At a time when stats are being used to stoke fear & close schools, this is borderline criminal http://dph.illinois.gov/news/202008 ">https://dph.illinois.gov/news/2020... 1/*
At a time when stats are being used to stoke fear & close schools, this is borderline criminal http://dph.illinois.gov/news/202008 ">https://dph.illinois.gov/news/2020... 1/*
At a time when stats are being used to stoke fear & close schools, this is borderline criminal https://dph.illinois.gov/news/2020... 1/*" title="THREAD: Last week, IDPH reported the COVID death of a Cook Co female in her 20s. My research indicates this death is a suicide that occurred in May.https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="š³" title="Errƶtetes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Errƶtetes Gesicht">At a time when stats are being used to stoke fear & close schools, this is borderline criminal https://dph.illinois.gov/news/2020... 1/*" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
After seeing the IDPH press release last wk, I looked at the Cook Co MEās COVID deaths register. Because IDPH announced the death on August 22, weād expect the death occurred in August. But I donāt see a death of a 20s female anytime in August. Do you? 2/*
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I determined the death IDPH announced on 8/22 was a 20-YO female suicide that involved a metoprolol overdose (a blood pressure medication) while high on amphetamines...and a positive COVID test
How did I figure that out this was the death IDPH reported on 8/22? 3/*
How did I figure that out this was the death IDPH reported on 8/22? 3/*
I keep CCME data downloads & take screenshots of the graph. The death didn& #39;t appear in the Aug 16 DL (below). At that time, the number of āCOVID-relatedā deaths that occurred on May 23 was 64. When I checked last Saturday, it had risen to 65. (cf https://twitter.com/EWoodhouse7/status/1299213735089901568?s=20)">https://twitter.com/EWoodhous... 4/*
I hope reasonable people can agree that if you kill yourself w/substances - intentionally or not - or fall, are in a vehicle accident, etc., a virus didnāt kill you. Yet there are at least 46 such deaths in the Cook MEās COVID database. 5/*
As far as I& #39;ve been able to tell, IDPH& #39;s definition of a COVID death is anyone who dies within 30 days of testing positive for COVID
Huge red flag when deaths (55% in LTCFs) are being used to justify policy decisions that have had and continue to have VERY high human costs. 6/*
Huge red flag when deaths (55% in LTCFs) are being used to justify policy decisions that have had and continue to have VERY high human costs. 6/*
IDPH MUST be honest about WHEN the deaths they report each day occurred, with comorbidities.
Itās unconscionable for public health officials to be reporting months-old deaths as if they just happened.
Why should do we believe anything they say when this garbage happens? 7/*
Itās unconscionable for public health officials to be reporting months-old deaths as if they just happened.
Why should do we believe anything they say when this garbage happens? 7/*
