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A new study authored by researchers from the Netherlands has analyzed data from 47 countries and found that over three million excess deaths have occurred in the Western World since 2020. Published in the BMJ Public Health journal, the paper describes this as “unprecedented” and, expressing serious concerns, urges governments to thoroughly investigate the underlying causes – including potential vaccine harms. The researchers note that during the recent pandemic, it was repeatedly emphasized by politicians and the media that every COVID-19 death mattered. “In the aftermath of the pandemic,” they write, “the same morale should apply. Every death needs to be acknowledged and accounted for, irrespective of its origin.”
A term that refers to the number of deaths from all causes over and above what would normally be expected to occur during a given period, excess death statistics have been closely monitored since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The BMJ Public Health study reveals that in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, there were over one million excess deaths in 2020, at the height of the pandemic. A total of more than 1.2 million subsequently occurred in 2021, followed by over 800,000 in 2022. Given these numbers, the experimental vaccines used to counter the virus have been proposed as a possible contributory factor.
Significantly, therefore, describing how both medical professionals and ordinary citizens alike have submitted reports of serious injuries and deaths following COVID-19 vaccination, the BMJ Public Health researchers point out that a study comparing adverse events for COVID-19 vaccines with those from influenza shots has observed a higher risk of serious reactions for COVID-19 vaccines. Such reactions include cardiovascular diseases, coagulation, hemorrhages, gastrointestinal events, and thromboses. The researchers further note that numerous studies have reported COVID-19 vaccination may induce myocarditis, pericarditis, and autoimmune diseases.
As the researchers point out, insight into excess death rates in the years following the pandemic is crucial in order for government leaders and policymakers to effectively evaluate their health crisis policies. While various containment measures were supposedly implemented to protect citizens from suffering illness and death as a result of COVID-19, evidence already suggests these had clear detrimental effects. Documented examples mentioned in the study include economic damage, limited access to education, food insecurity, child abuse, limited access to healthcare, disrupted health programs, and mental health challenges.
Of the 47 countries examined in the study, excess mortality was registered in 87 percent of them in 2020. The equivalent figure for 2021 was 89 percent, while in 2022 it was 91 percent. The researchers describe how a study assessing excess deaths in the United States observed a substantial increase attributed to non-COVID causes during the first 2 years of the pandemic. The highest number of excess deaths was caused by heart disease. As the researchers note, however, consensus continues to be lacking in the medical community regarding concerns that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines may be causing more harm than initially forecasted. This is despite evidence published in 2022 in the journal Vaccine clearly confirming such harm.
Will governments now do the right thing and thoroughly investigate the root causes of the excess deaths phenomenon? Unfortunately, there are already signs that some may be attempting to manipulate the evidence. The UK’s Office for National Statistics recently announced a methodology change for estimating excess deaths. Conveniently, its new approach mostly gives lower numbers than the old one. As former UK Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli famously observed: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Good health cannot be achieved without truth.