Originally Posted by
CPH-Flyer
I can see why a country politically would want to keep the numbers down, I can't really see why a country would pick a a way that put it as a high count outlier compared to many other countries.
"A country" doesn't make that choice. It has to do with what practices the health authorities and the statistical bureaus are following. There are lots of people involved in such decision making. It also has to do with what individual doctors choose to write on the death certificate. In some countries, there's also been reports that hospitals are paid more if patients are listed as covid-19 patients.
Read the following article on how American hospitals are paid more for covid patients:
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/f...us/3000638001/