We have to rely on real journalism, such as a new report via CBS12 West Palm, that made a shocking discovery about deaths being incorrectly attributed to the virus. 

CBS12 said a 60-year old man who died from a gunshot blast to the head was labeled as a virus death. A 90-year old man who fell and died from a hip fracture was another. Even a 77-year old woman who died of Parkinson's disease was somehow labeled a virus-related death. 

CBS12's I-Team investigated these statistical anomalies by combing through the Medical Examiner's spreadsheet of all people who recently died of the virus in Palm Beach County. 

What they found are "eight cases in which a person was counted as a COVID death, but did not have COVID listed as a cause of contributing cause of death." 

For more color on how a COVID-19 death is determined, it must be an immediate or underlying cause of death. So a gunshot to the head, a falling accident, and or Parkinson's disease certainly doesn't fit the defined criteria of classifying these deaths as virus-related.

Residents in South Florida are furious about the overinflated death toll: 

"I think it is completely misleading," said Rachel Eade, a Palm Beach County resident who has been researching the same issue.

"We need to remove those cases that are not COVID exclusive, and we need to be giving people that information," said Eade, who is one of the plaintiffs suing Palm Beach County for its mask mandate