The White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator during the start of the Coronavirus pandemic said it herself that they were doing things differently.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/04/08/dr_birx_unlike_some_countries_if_someone_dies_with_covid-19_we_are_counting_that_as_a_covid-19_death.html
Dr. Birx: Unlike Some Countries, "If Someone Dies With COVID-19 We Are Counting That As A COVID-19 Death"
Here's the official CDC guidance on how to report Covid deaths:
Reporting and Coding Deaths Due to COVID-19
This page provides guidance and resources for reporting deaths due to COVID-19 on death certificates. When COVID-19 is determined to be a cause of death, it is important that it be reported on the death certificate to accurately assess the effects of this pandemic and appropriately direct public health response.
Everything you want to know about how Covid deaths should be reported on death certificates. Seems quite standard. Here's the longer PDF with the details from the link above:
Your quote just says "a" cause of death. They want it to be reported even if it's not the main cause of death.
Yes, if Covid is the Underlying Cause of Death (UCOD), it is reported as such along with the other elements that exist and/or contribute to death. Ex.,:
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We had another traffic accident -- or a motorcycle accident -- where the person was subsequently hospitalized for a long period of time, got pneumonia. It happened to be COVID pneumonia, and they died,” he said. “In that case, we did contribute it to COVID pneumonia.”
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2020/08/05/medical-examiner-responds-to-questions-about-floridas-coronavirus-death-numbers/Doctors are saying that they are being pressured by authorities to do things differently, even if Covid is not detected at all:
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/doctors-and-clinical-researchers-challenge-uns-who-cdc-and-dr-faucis
"Doctors"? You mean Doctor, singular. And said Dr quoted, Jonathan M. Fishbein, M.D., former NIH Researcher (and whistleblower), who seems to be quoted in several articles on that site and not too fond of Fauci, is saying, "He's being pressured by the CDC to misreport..."

He's a research guy. He has no connection to treating Covid patients and filling out death certificates, etc. He's the founder of Veracuity: "
...a digital healthcare technology firm focused on the safety of drugs and vaccines. Our core business is collecting, processing, and analyzing adverse drug and vaccine events, as reported by consumers and healthcare officials." Hmmm.
Some solid reporting there.
So pretty much every government on the planet is engaged in "enacting fear and tyranny to enact policies and consolidate power"?
They do get together and work on shared goals and policies. There are a consolidation of world leaders who are part of the World Economic Forum who have publicly stated on their website that they want to use Coronavirus as an opportunity to push their "Great Reset" of capitalism. We talked about that already.
But you still haven't explained why we need to change the nature of capitalism because of Covid. The last time this was asked you just ran away from the discussion. Care to explain?
Jeez, not "The Great Reset" thing again? So all of the Covid reporting is falsified, by all of the governments all around the world as they are all in cahoots with one another to enact the Great Reset. Got it.
And what have these worldwide changes to the nature of capitalism under the guise of the pandemic been so far? How's the progress on that front?
And you haven't answered my question:
Lastly, regarding that 20,000+ NYC excess deaths figure, 16k attributed to Covid, 4k not, according to your assessment, how much of that 16k is false Covid reporting?
Edit: Oh yeah, I didn't runaway from the discussion, the admin for the site posted this after your last comment on the Great Reset stuff:
Anyway, back on topic, France is upping the ante.