[nenadst]

from the article :

To calculate excess deaths, the FT has compared deaths from _all causes_ in the weeks of a location’s outbreak in March and April 2020 to the average for the same period between 2015 and 2019.

so they are not counting only coronavirus related deaths but all

[Drdrdrq]

I would assume corona-side-effects (depression and domestic violence because of forced isolation, deaths from other causes due to lack of medical workers, stress, less healthy lifestyle, economic reasons,...?) to be a major factor too. It will be interesting to see if anyone has the courage to investigate all the causes of deaths when (if?) this madness is over.