[erdewit]

Here in the Netherlands there's also a sharp increase in the excess mortality that can't be explained by COVID deaths.

https://www.rivm.nl/monitoring-sterftecijfers-nederland

[bazooka_penguin]

Lockdown/wfh related perhaps? I would definitely say I've become significantly more sedentary, likewise for many of my friends and coworkers, given we're all in tech.

[CodeGlitch]

People not wanting to see a doctor or go to hospital for non COVID related health issues out of fear?

Reduced capacity in the health service for stuff like cancer?

[viktorcode]

Different countries have different methods of determining if COVID was the cause of death, but so far if I remember correctly only Belgium has excess mortality equivalent to attributed COVID deaths, thanks to their cause qualification method (if COVID is only suspected but wasn't diagnosed, it is attributed to COVID).