Smart/dumb bullshyt....oh okay lol
Pneumonia exacerbates all these underlying issues issues and adds new things to the mix. If a person who is dying from HIV/AIDS and contracts Pneumonia and the patient dies, the Pneumonia is considered an
Opportunistic infection. An
Opportunistic infection is an infection caused by pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi, or protozoa) that take advantage of an opportunity not normally available, such as a host with a weakened immune system
.
In the ICD-10 for the Death Certificate, which regulates the selection of the single underlying cause of death, the cause of death would not be Pneumonia, it would be HIV/AIDS. In accordance with the rules of the ICD-10, the single underlying cause of death is defined as “the disease or injury which
initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death, or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury.”
Obtaining cause-of-death information for HIV/AIDS - Guidelines for HIV Mortality Measurement - NCBI Bookshelf
If that same person, who is dying from HIV/AIDS and contracts COVID-19 and the patient dies, the
death is caused by COVID-19? No, that does not make any scientific sense. I hv a B.S. in Biology and I worked as a molecular biologist testing for hiv and genetic research for sometime. I do not have my MPH to be a epidemiologist.
No. If the patient does have underlying health conditions and the patient dies, it's not COVID-19 related, the death is contributed to their underlying health conditions. If you have food poisoning and you test negative for COVID-19 and you die from food poisoning, how is that connected to COVID-19.
If the patient does not have any underlying medical conditions, then the the death would be COVID-19 related. The COVID-19 initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death, that is why you hear medical personal state COVID-19 deaths with underlying health conditions and COVID-19 deaths with no underlying health conditions.