New Zealand gunshot victim counted a Covid-19 death.
QUICK FACTS:
- A man who was fatally shot outside a West Auckland motel has been named as Robert James Hart, a father of two young children, according to reports.
- Hart, 40, was found injured by police in the driveway of the New Haven Motel in Great North Rd, New Lynn, on Friday morning.
- A report by 1News revealed that Hart’s death has been counted as a Covid-19 fatality.
- The report went on to explain that health officials have been counting deaths as COVID fatalities if the deceased tests positive for the virus.
- “The ministry of health says that’s because under the World Health Organization guidelines, anyone who dies while also having an acute Covid-19 infection is recorded as a part of a nation’s death tally whatever the cause of death might be,” the 1 News reporter noted.
BACKGROUND:
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has explained that 94% of patients who died from Covid-19 in fact had underlying conditions.
- The CDC data states, “For 6% of the deaths, COVID-19 was the only cause mentioned. For deaths with conditions or causes in addition to COVID-19, on average, there were 2.6 additional conditions or causes per death.”
Jon Fleetwood is Managing Editor for American Faith and author of “An American Revival: Why American Christianity Is Failing & How to Fix It.“
