From Hulkster's quoted blurb:
But 65% of the excess deaths in the U.S. in the third quarter of 2021 were caused by COVID-19, Davison said in a statement to the AP, citing CDC data. “Based on the data and our analysis, we believe that a significant portion of the remaining excess deaths are driven by deferred medical care and individuals who recover from COVID but later die from the toll COVID has taken on their bodies,” Davison said. Catherine Theroux, a spokesperson for the insurance industry-funded research group LIMRA, said the firm doesn’t have concrete data through the end of 2021, but CDC data indicates the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus likely contributed to the increase in deaths.
There have been 203,870 Covid deaths in total, among Americans aged 40-64 [see previous attachment].
There were 577,270 deaths of Americans aged 40-64 in 2017.
In Canada, Covid deaths were almost exactly the same in both 2020 and 2021. Just slightly higher in 2020. So let's just say the same is true for the USA - and let's just say that 103,870 of those 203,870 Covid deaths happened in 2020.
Ok, so 577,270 deaths in the 40-64 age group would be normal - but now with Covid, we have to add 103,870.
So the new total is 681,140 deaths, which should have been closer to 577,270 [which is what the 40-64 total American deaths were in 2017, a pretty average year, amongst recent years].
Well, Hulkster - here's the thing:
That's only an increase of 17.99%, that we can attribute directly to Covid [call it 18%].
So what about the other 22%, Hulkster?
Are you saying all of those deaths were from postponing getting medical treatment due to Covid [which I could believe], or due to "Long Covid"? Based on what evidence?
Other than speculation, what are you claiming as actual empirical evidence for "Long Covid"?
Lastly, the increased deaths among younger people is really the most telling to me, that something else is going on here...
Children are NOT dying at Covid at high rates AT ALL. Among children who die, 61% are SEVERELY obese! So...seeing the death rate go up in younger groups...I have NO reason to believe that's from Covid.
It could be the vaccine.
But it also could be not getting healthcare due to the current situation - as your quoted blurb stated.
It could also be drug overdose deaths...suicides...many different things.
Once that data comes in, I will do a more extensive mathematical analysis on these excess deaths. "Long Covid" is just a copout, IMO.
I heard that the UN did not release the overall excess mortality data for 2021 yet, for some reason...I wonder why?
