Eh, you probably should count what actually killed them, though you can make some arguments.
If you have let’s say two years left to life and COVID ends up finishing you off, that’s a death due to COVID.
If you have let’s say two years left to life and COVID ends up finishing you off, that’s a death due to COVID.
And what if somebody has only one month to live, and dies with Covid, also a death from Covid? Maybe yes, but really worthy of hyperbole then?
My grandmother died from the flu, at 99 years old. I never felt I should blame her death on the flu pandemic, though.