https://townhall.com/columnists/johnrlottjr/2020/05/16/the-us-is-dramatically-overcounting-coronavirus-deaths-n2568925 

The US is Dramatically Overcounting Coronavirus Deaths

But the problem is worse than this broad definition implies. Birx and others believe that the CDC is over counting cases. The Washington Post reports they are concerned that the CDC’s “antiquated” accounting system is double counting cases and inflating mortality and case counts “by as much as 25 percent.” 

There are additional reasons for concern. Some doctors feel pressure from hospitals to list deaths as due to the Coronavirus, even when they don’t believe that is the case, “to make it look a little bit worse than it is.” There are financial incentives that might make a difference for hospitals and doctors. The CARES Act adds a 20 percent premium for COVID-19 Medicare patients. 

Under-reporting doesn't surprise me much.  

News vs. Op-Ed.  I'll take news any day. 

I'll also take science over opinion.  Science worked for my state.  We also weren't a bunch of big fat babies and did what we were asked to do.  But I've said it before, NYers are a different breed.  We understand community and that your "civil rights" ends where mine begin.  Including whatever virus you might be shedding.

Herd Immunity strategy?  What Herd Immunity strategy?  You'd need to explain how NY is going for herd immunity.  

How can you possibly say "herd immunity" 

When we don't even know if you are immune from 

Covid once you have had it, even if you are for how long????

Totally "NOVEL"

virus 

We don't know anything about.....

We are drastically under-counting COVID-19 deaths.  Here is why:

a)  I did some of the earliest epidemiological work with Legionnaire's Disease shortly after the organism was identified.  By going back in time and analyzing frozen tissue samples, it turned out that Legionella bacteria actually was causing a great deal of community pneumonia and death, but we weren't picking it up since it is a very hard bug to culture unless you know what you are doing.  People who died from Legionella were simply identified as "pneumonia, cause not determined."  Now we know that Legionella grows in cooling towers, shower heads, fountains etc. and can track outbreaks.  Similarly, many deaths from COVID-19 are not characterized properly, particularly in the early stages of the pandemic.  Assuming they kept tissue/blood samples, a retrospective study will likely show that deaths from COVID-19 were much higher than official numbers. 

b)  COVID-19 kills in myriad ways.  In addition to pulmonary failure, the SARS-CoV2 virus causes kidney failure, strokes and many other lethal conditions.  In some cases, it is killing off people with these pre-existing conditions; in others, it seems to attack healthy people and causes strokes out of the blue.  I'm sure that many mortalities are mis-identified on the death certificates, if there is no specific reason to suspect COVID-19.

c)  I'm not convinced that all of the testing is entirely accurate.  Assuming a certain number of false negatives, cases are likely being undercounted. 

d)  Political forces are pushing for an under-count to protect the stock market.  Nobody talks about this aspect, although Pres. Trump says the virus will go away like a miracle.