Regarding less deaths to infection rates in Germany a couple of thoughts.
I remember HIV being a massive problem but were death notes actually recording HIV or was what they actually died with eg pneumonia being used?
Know nothing about death causes but my mother died during the MRSA scare and contracted it in hospital where she died. No mention of it on the death note and no way I could get it included.
In other words can death causes be misrepresented especially in older people where I note the phrase "underlying conditions" used. Is it possible Germany uses the " underlying conditions" as cause of death with this virus simply an accelerator in the persons death?