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by arronkau 2161 days ago
> BTW, go look at 2019 all-cause mortality compared to 2020 all-cause mortality. They're almost identical. So no, statistically this is not something super crazy.

This is just a flat-out lie.

According the the CDC [1] the all-cause mortality in 2020 is currently 155,446 higher than the equivalent date range in 2019. This despite the fact that recent weeks for 2020 are definitely undercounts as it takes time for all the data to come in.

[1]:https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm