Maybe start with this scenario. A man dies in a motorcycle accident. His body tests positive (are the tests reliable anyhow?) for covid. Is there any place where this could be filed as a covid related death?
Yes, this would be counted as a covid death.
And while this
seems deceptive, and has no doubt profoundly triggered the anti-vaxxers, this is perfectly reasonable.
Apparently, at one point at least, all deaths occurring within 28 days of a positive covid test were counted as covid deaths. True, this
looks suspicious.
But, of course, it is not.
To count all deaths of people within 28 days of receiving a positive tests - even if they are hit by a bus - as a covid death
does not necessarily result in over-counting if there are reasons to expect that these over-counts will be be offset by under-counts. For example: people who factually die from covid
after 28 days are
not counted as covid deaths. And people who factually die from covid but are
never tested are not counted either.
The bottom line is this: for all their bluster, the anti-vaxxers have no case that the counting system is problematic even though, yes, covid-positive people who die in a motorcycle accident are counted as covid deaths.