I agree, the statement was that 6% of covid deaths were covid-only with no other conditions present. That doesn't mean the other 94% had nothing to do with covid.

Although it does show how important a preexisting condition is to cause death over covid. Which is similar to the flu, just with worse numbers.

The real tell is the number of total deaths per year, imo. There is an excess compared to other years, but it's like a 5-10% excess, not a 2x or 10x excess like some people are acting like it is. I think we should basically treat it as a very bad flu year. Not as the plague, that's too much of an overreaction.