Immunodeficiency is a contributing factor. A simple cold can be fatal if the body's defence mechanism doesn't function normally.thecoalman wrote: ↑Mon Jun 07, 2021 5:41 am True but they could also die from something else. Attributing someone's death entirely to the virus is not realistic when they have underlying health probelms. As an example if you have AIDS you will die from the complications of AIDS. It may say pneumonia on your death certificate but it was AIDS that killed you.
It's very reasonable to accept that without the immunodeficiency, the deceased would have responded properly to treatment and death would not have been the end result.
Language-wise it seems like a semantical argument but realistically covid has (objectively) shortened the life of hundred of thousands. And taking this even further - all those people willingly neglecting the "imposed" distance measures + facemasks + hand (and object) sanitation + limitations on congregations ... have contributed to the number of deaths + financial cost to the society.
Seriously, jumping from a plane without a parachute is almost certain death and the death certificate will mention multiple medical issues (fractures, bleeding, probably even asphyxiation and decreased blood supply to the brain, whatever) but that could all have been avoided.
AFAIAC vaccination (for covid) doesn't have to be mandatory (even if the vaccine is deemed safe) but it's more than acceptable enough to impose restrictions on those who refuse to be vaccinated, and if that includes PCR testing and quarantine for travelling: so be it.
Frankly speaking: those who refuse vaccination but end up in IC shouldn't expect society to cover the cost for their treatment.