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>People don't necessarily die, per se, of the [flu] virus—the viraemia. What they die of is a secondary pneumonia. So many of these pneumonias are not viral pneumonias but secondary [pneumonias]." But Dr Rosenthal agreed that the flu/pneumonia relationship was not unique. For instance, a recent study (JAMA 2004;292: 1955-60[Abstract/Free Full Text]) found that stomach acid suppressing drugs are associated with a higher risk of community acquired pneumonia, but such drugs and pneumonia are not compiled as a single statistic.

>the CDC uses indirect modelling methods to estimate the number of deaths associated with influenza.

So does that imply that they also used indirect modelling to count COVID-19 deaths and/or the majority of these deaths were from secondary pneumonias not related to the virus?

Still need to explain the higher total death counts especially in weeks 13-17.