Excess Mortality: Are COVID Measures to Blame for Thousands of Unexpected Weekly Deaths?

Excess Mortality: Are COVID Measures to Blame for Thousands of Unexpected Weekly Deaths?
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Jennifer Margulis
Joe Wang
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According to United Kingdom’s Office for National Statistics, there were 10,232 total deaths registered in England and Wales for the week ending July 8, 2022. Among these deaths, 423 were recorded as involving COVID. As the pre-pandemic 5-year average was 9,304, 928 of these deaths, about 10 percent, were in excess of what would be expected. This trend of “excess death” has been going on for at least the last 11 weeks, prompting people to ask why.
Dr. John Campbell, in a July 6, 2022 video stated that “This is not just a U.K. phenomenon,” “This is an international phenomenon.”
Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist and author of “Your Baby, Your Way: Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting Decisions for a Happier, Healthier Family.” A Fulbright awardee and mother of four, she has worked on a child survival campaign in West Africa, advocated for an end to child slavery in Pakistan on prime-time TV in France, and taught post-colonial literature to nontraditional students in inner-city Atlanta. Learn more about her at JenniferMargulis.net
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