[pama]

The simple explanation is that the causal agent for the excees of the non-covid deaths is the same SARS-CoV2 virus, but death comes later and not at the acute phase of the disease.

[Chris612]

If the vaccine was randomly administered among the study population, I'd buy this as the simple explanation.

Not sure it follows so cleanly with the actual study setup

[pygy_]

There is plenty of evidence beside this study.