NYC's "COVID Only" Deaths in Spring 2020

Another sign that the Big Apple's big spike is specious

There is yet another data oddity related to the New York City spring 2020 death spike: a disproportionate number of deaths that list only COVID-19 as cause of death.

Understanding the aberration, which I’ll show further into this article, requires a bit of background knowledge.

COVID-19 as the Sole Cause of Death

Contrary to popular belief, deaths that l…