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Originally Posted by b1ll649
If you look at the annual increases in deaths, it would be expected to go up about 20,000 or so. With Covid in 2020, the 57,000 more deaths also includes increased suicides, drug overdoses and murders all caused by lock downs and restrictions on daily life. I think Covid has caused some to die but no where near the number that gets reported over the past year.
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According to this data directly from the CDC the number of deaths had already increased by more than 20,000 by June 2020. The numbers fastboat provides, at least for 2020 deaths, appear to be incorrect.
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