18% and 20% remarkably similar, Over time, I think the U.S. and other developed countries will have experienced very similar outcomes. SARSCoV2 Excess Deaths

 

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/one-third-of-excess-deaths-in-us-during-pandemic-were-not-due-to-the-coronavirus-study

U.S.

“Although total US death counts are remarkably consistent from year to year, US deaths increased by 20% during March-July 2020.

COVID-19 was a documented cause of only 67% of these excess deaths"

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https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-deaths-excess/uk-italy-spain-had-high-excess-deaths-in-first-pandemic-wave-study-finds-idUSKBN26Z157

21 developed countries

“between mid-February and the end of May in the 21 countries in total than would have been expected to die had the pandemic not taken place - an 18% increase in deaths”

#SARSCoV2 #excessDeaths

[18% and 20% remarkably similar, not exactly the same time frame? Over time, I think the U.S. and other developed countries will have experienced very similar outcomes. So bashing Trump for this is just plain wrong. I’d feel the same way if Obama had been in WH when we were clobbered with this.]