NEWLY REPORTED C-D-C DATA IS
MAKING THE ROUNDS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA - AND CAUSING SOME
CONFUSION.
ACCORDING TO RECENT DEATH
CERTIFICATES - ONLY 6 PERCENT OF
ALL COVID-19 DEATHS ARE
CAUSED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE VIRUS.
THIS HAS CAUSED SOME PEOPLE TO
QUESTION HOW DEADLY THE VIRUS IS
- AND HOW THE NUMBERS ARE
REPORTED.
THE KNOX COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT NOW TELLING US - THIS
REPORT ONLY PROVES WHAT HEALTH
EXPERTS HAVE KNOWN ALL
ALONG..
COVID-19 CAN TAKE A TOLL ON
ANYONE -
BUT THE RISK OF DYING FROM THE
VIRUS IS MUCH HIGHER FOR OLDER
PEOPLE - AND FOR THOSE WITH
UNDERLYING CONDITIONS.
"WE KNOW THIS CAN BE CONFUSING.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS PEOPLE DIE
EITHER DIRECTLY OR IT IS A
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTING FACTOR.
THOSE WITH PREEXISTING
CONDITIONS MAY BE MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO COMPLICATIONS
THAN HAVE SEVERAL CONDITIONS
LISTED ON THE DEATH CERTIFICATE.
THAT DOES NOT TAKE AWAY FROM THE
FACT THAT IF YOU
DIDN'T IF THEY DIDN'T CONTRACT
CVID 19, THEY LIKELY
WOULD STILL BE HERE TODAY"
BO:
DR. BUCHANAN TELLS US THE STATE
MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE
REVIEWS EVERY POTENTIAL COVID-
19 RELATED DEATH IN TENNESSEE.
COVID-19 WILL ONLY BE LISTED ON
DEATH CERTIFICATES IF IT
PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THAT
DEATH.
LORI:
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE -
NOW HAS MORE THAN 1 THOUSAND
STUDENTS AND STAFF IN ACTIVE
SELF-ISOLATION.
THIS - EITHER DUE TO A POSITIVE
