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Abolish Coroners
3 monthes ago | By The New Republic
Wavis Jordan “doesn't do Covid deaths.” That's what the pastor and Republician coroner of Cape Girardeau County, Mississippi, told Missouri Independent last month. He requires families to submit a positive test if they want coronavirus listed on the death certificate. Otherwise, the cause of deaths at home in his county are attributed to a range of other conditions that might be exacerbated by Covid-19, including Alzheimer's, heart attack, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-but never the virus itself. Jordan isn't the only death investigator undercounting Covid-19. In Louisiana's...
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