The Denver Post: For months, confusion — and in many cases misinformation — has swirled about how deaths from the novel coronavirus are tallied.

COVID-19 deaths have become a political flashpoint as people, including politicians, have questioned whether the counts were overblown — much to the frustration of those responding to the crisis.

“Somehow you’ve trusted me for more than a decade to offer you the truth about why people are dying and now suddenly, me, the hospitals, the doctors, the nurses, the public health officials, all of us are in cahoots and lying to you about this?” said Dr. Leon Kelly, the El Paso County coroner.

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