So, it is true that George Floyd tested positive for coronavirus back in April, and the positive test result was confirmed in his autopsy, but I can find no evidence that his death has been added to the COVID-19 death counts. The reports I can find on this say that doctors don't believe that the coronavirus played any role in his death, and what Alex is doing is just assuming that because he tested positive, he was listed then as a COVID death. That's handled differently by different states, so it's unclear to me if that's true, but Alex is making the assumption and reporting it as fact, which is sloppy, and now he must substantiate this, which he hasn't. If Alex or any of his interns would have looked into this at all, they would have found that the state of Minnesota released specific guidance in terms of reporting COVID-19 deaths back in April. If they'd looked into this and read it, they might have a better understanding of how these things are reported. The reporting form in Minnesota has multiple sections. The first most important section is about the underlying cause of death. This is part one, and it's set up as a sequence of causality. In one example they give, the cause of death could be reported as acute respiratory distress symptom due to pneumonia due to COVID-19. There is a descending causality tree where the immediate cause of death is linked to the underlying thing that brought about that condition. Then there's a second section, Part 2, where the death certifier can, quote, enter other significant conditions contributing to death but not resulting in the underlying cause given in Part 1. It's possible that Floyd could have COVID-19 listed there, but it seems unlikely since all the reports I can find about this indicate that the condition played no role in his death. There's another consideration to keep in mind, and that is from the Minnesota guidance document. Quote, The manner of death, sometimes referred to as circumstances of death, is also reported on death certificates. In the case of death due to COVID-19 infection, the manner of death will almost always be natural. One of the other classifications of manner of death is homicide, which Floyd's death has been consistently deemed to be. A classification of homicide would almost by definition preclude the death for being counted as a COVID-19 death. In order for a COVID-19 death to be homicide, you'd have to probably... Show a case where someone was intentionally infecting people, and that's not this. The point here is that it's incredibly unlikely that George Floyd's death is being counted in the COVID-19 statistics, but that is a claim that Alex is asserting as fact.