Despite containment measures and vaccinations, excess death rates in Western countries remained high from 2020 to 2022, with a study reporting over three million excess deaths, indicating the need for policy reassessment. Credit: SciTechDaily.com Despite containment and COVID-19 vaccines; “serious cause for concern,” say researchers.
A study highlights persistent high excess death rates in the West from 2020 to 2022, despite COVID-19 measures and vaccines. Over three million excess deaths were reported in 47 countries, urging a reevaluation of pandemic policies and their effectiveness. Excess Death Rates Post-COVID Excess death rates have remained high in the West for three years running since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is according to a data analysis of 47 countries published on June 3 in the open-access journal BMJ Public Health. This is despite the implementation of various containment measures and the availability of COVID-19 vaccines, giving rise to “serious cause for concern,” say the researchers who call on governments and policymakers to thoroughly investigate the underlying causes. Evaluating Pandemic Response Effectiveness The researchers wanted to gauge the effectiveness of the response to the health crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, as reflected in excess deaths.
These refer to the numbers of people who died from any cause above and beyond what would normally be expected for any given week/month between January 2020 and December 2022 in .
