On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:45:20 -0500, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2021-02-18 2:22 p.m., Graham wrote:
>> On 2021-02-18 10:39 a.m., BryanGSimmons wrote:
>>> I found out today that I guy I'd worked with for a few years died of
>>> Covid last month.Â* He was only 43 years old.
>>>
>> And still there are many who think that it's a hoax!
>
>My niece who lives just south of Los Angeles does not think it is a
>hoax. She has lost four friends to it.

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They didn't really die of covid. They died of other causes. The doctor
just reported it as a covid death so the hospital gets more money.
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