Originally Posted by
narvik
There have been cases of death that have been falsely attributed to influenza, and only after testing postmortem confirmed as caused by COVID-19.
Some believe this situation is currently occurring quite often.
Very difficult to distinguish the cause of death when up to 500 persons a day are dying in the US of influenza during peak flu season, yet [hardly] no testing is done for COVID-19.
It is sobering that the H1N1 (2009) was such a "quiet killer" as was said in this article:
https://www.statnews.com/2019/06/11/...0-years-later/