Here are the 3 scenarios for covid related deaths:
- covid is the only cause listed on the death certificate (covid => death)
- person gets covid, which leads to other complications that cause death which are listed on the death certificate (covid => other life threatening complications => death)
- person had pre-existing conditions, gets covid and dies. The pre-existing conditions and covid are listed on the death certificate (pre-existing conditions + covid => death)
You're basically saying
deaths door + covid => death = deaths door => death because they would have died regardless if they got covid or not.
The only scenario your statement applies to is the 3rd one, so already the 6% figure is wrong. But the 3rd scenario says
pre-existing conditions + covid => death, which is not the same as
deaths door + covid => death. You're equating
pre-existing conditions and
deaths door, which is wrong because not everyone with preexisting conditions are on deaths door. Someone with diabetes or asthma for example, can live a very long life. Here's a list of pre-existing conditions that puts people at risk:
What you can do if you are at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19.
www.cdc.gov