What was it then that caused the remaining 70% of the excess deaths? What did those 12 million people die from if it wasn’t vaccination or the coronavirus?
Apr 7, 2023·edited Apr 7, 2023Liked by Thorsteinn Siglaugsson
I'm glad to see you bring up the lockdowns. I have long felt that there has not been enough reporting and discussion, even here in Substacklandia, on the damage caused by lockdowns. Some of it was outright death. But there was also severe psychological damage, not to mention damage to the social fabric. Coincidentally I came upon some testimonies for the Canadian National Citzens Inquiry and found this one, by a father, especially moving.
In Australia, there is a huge rise in Alzheimer's deaths in old people, almost all of them vaccinated. I don't think we know yet the vast amount of damage these injections will cause and people dying from all sorts of diseases that are not attributed to the vaccine - yet. So the vaccine death rate might be much higher. Time will tell.
But I think you have a valid point in looking at the Lock downs etc. I just went to the doctor and he checked my blood pressure as routine. To my huge surprise, it was 140/95, which is quite high. All my life I had low blood pressure. My immediate reaction was: Of course, it's the stress of the past three years.
The Covid divide went right through my family and friendships and I was (and still am) very very concerned about the erosion of civil liberties and the democratic erosion of society. I am also very concerned about a possible surveillance and totalitarian state erasing my life savings. I am convinced this permanent stress and friction in my family and social life caused my high blood pressure together with a reduction in my physical activities. The lack of motivation for physical activities is also related to the preoccupation and obsession with this whole matter. Instead of surfing or walking, I hang out I spent so much more time online in search of support and good news.
High blood pressure and stress is one of the biggest killers. Heart-related cause of death is all-time high and it might be because of the high amount of stress many people are experiencing.
Excess mortality ( Our World In Data ) has sharply declined , in fact gone below baseline in Scandinavian countries along with the UK. This phenomenon follows reduced booster uptake in these nations. It's the same with Germany.
As a clinician I would therefore strongly suspect vaccine injuries were the main driving force behind excess deaths.
Sweden's graph follows more or less the same pattern as other countries indicating that vaccines did play a major role, less restrictions by the Swedes were sensible, but any advantage accrued got nullified by their massive vaccine program.
I was never for lockdowns,, and publicly stated so as early as March 2020 to the dismay and shock of most if not all people in my country.
House arrest for almost one and a half years will certainly have a negative impact on health leading to a shortened life in many people.
It will be difficult to tease out excess deaths due to lock down collateral damage from vaccine deaths, but the latter is the bigger culprit.
We still don't know the long term ramifications of mass vaccination program the planet went through.
We're very much on the same page. (And both on Substack!)
I've compared excess deaths in Canada and Sweden using OECD data, and found more Canadians died in excess of normal of non-COVID than COVID causes. Canada would have had 91,000 fewer deaths if they had had Sweden's rate of excess deaths over the past 3 years:
I also compared the US and Sweden and there the result was horrific: If the US had had Sweden's rate of excess deaths over the past three years 1,489,000 fewer Americans would have died:
Such a complicated position we are all in. I don't think we should rule out loneliness in all this either, brought about by fear. People are still, to this day, so fearful of covid that they don't seek help for anything. It reminds me of that lady who died because she was too fearful to put her heating on because of the cost, even though her family said they would pay for it. People ARE this fearful of certain things, it's hard for us to think they could be, but it's happening. Maybe this would also explain why so many people are dying at home? I know it's difficult getting medical care at the moment BUT are these people even trying to access it?
Great work - however, remember that excess death calculations always involve vagaries because of the baseline interval used to determine what counts as 'excess'. At the moment, we don't have anywhere near a reliable enough framework of reference to really rely on excess figures. Your general remarks still stand, but it's important to remember that zero deaths of any kind are the ones that can be called 'excess deaths', because 'excess deaths' are a number made from subtracting two other numbers, not any kind of positive attribution. This doesn't contradict anything you say, it's just important to keep in mind when dealing with 'excess' deaths.
Great work as always.
For those interested in the role the American mainstream media plays in protecting all the Covid narratives ...
AP hatchet job on RFK, Jr. is a new low for mainstream journalism.
https://billricejr.substack.com/p/hatchet-job-on-rfk-jr-is-new-low
I'm glad to see you bring up the lockdowns. I have long felt that there has not been enough reporting and discussion, even here in Substacklandia, on the damage caused by lockdowns. Some of it was outright death. But there was also severe psychological damage, not to mention damage to the social fabric. Coincidentally I came upon some testimonies for the Canadian National Citzens Inquiry and found this one, by a father, especially moving.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kXvSGVgdaI
Great article.
Just some anecdotal info to add to the puzzle.
In Australia, there is a huge rise in Alzheimer's deaths in old people, almost all of them vaccinated. I don't think we know yet the vast amount of damage these injections will cause and people dying from all sorts of diseases that are not attributed to the vaccine - yet. So the vaccine death rate might be much higher. Time will tell.
But I think you have a valid point in looking at the Lock downs etc. I just went to the doctor and he checked my blood pressure as routine. To my huge surprise, it was 140/95, which is quite high. All my life I had low blood pressure. My immediate reaction was: Of course, it's the stress of the past three years.
The Covid divide went right through my family and friendships and I was (and still am) very very concerned about the erosion of civil liberties and the democratic erosion of society. I am also very concerned about a possible surveillance and totalitarian state erasing my life savings. I am convinced this permanent stress and friction in my family and social life caused my high blood pressure together with a reduction in my physical activities. The lack of motivation for physical activities is also related to the preoccupation and obsession with this whole matter. Instead of surfing or walking, I hang out I spent so much more time online in search of support and good news.
High blood pressure and stress is one of the biggest killers. Heart-related cause of death is all-time high and it might be because of the high amount of stress many people are experiencing.
Excess mortality ( Our World In Data ) has sharply declined , in fact gone below baseline in Scandinavian countries along with the UK. This phenomenon follows reduced booster uptake in these nations. It's the same with Germany.
As a clinician I would therefore strongly suspect vaccine injuries were the main driving force behind excess deaths.
Sweden's graph follows more or less the same pattern as other countries indicating that vaccines did play a major role, less restrictions by the Swedes were sensible, but any advantage accrued got nullified by their massive vaccine program.
I was never for lockdowns,, and publicly stated so as early as March 2020 to the dismay and shock of most if not all people in my country.
House arrest for almost one and a half years will certainly have a negative impact on health leading to a shortened life in many people.
It will be difficult to tease out excess deaths due to lock down collateral damage from vaccine deaths, but the latter is the bigger culprit.
We still don't know the long term ramifications of mass vaccination program the planet went through.
Dear Thorsteinn:
We're very much on the same page. (And both on Substack!)
I've compared excess deaths in Canada and Sweden using OECD data, and found more Canadians died in excess of normal of non-COVID than COVID causes. Canada would have had 91,000 fewer deaths if they had had Sweden's rate of excess deaths over the past 3 years:
https://bruceohara.substack.com/p/did-canadas-covid-lockdowns-save
I also compared the US and Sweden and there the result was horrific: If the US had had Sweden's rate of excess deaths over the past three years 1,489,000 fewer Americans would have died:
https://bruceohara.substack.com/p/did-americas-covid-lockdowns-save
Such a complicated position we are all in. I don't think we should rule out loneliness in all this either, brought about by fear. People are still, to this day, so fearful of covid that they don't seek help for anything. It reminds me of that lady who died because she was too fearful to put her heating on because of the cost, even though her family said they would pay for it. People ARE this fearful of certain things, it's hard for us to think they could be, but it's happening. Maybe this would also explain why so many people are dying at home? I know it's difficult getting medical care at the moment BUT are these people even trying to access it?
Great work - however, remember that excess death calculations always involve vagaries because of the baseline interval used to determine what counts as 'excess'. At the moment, we don't have anywhere near a reliable enough framework of reference to really rely on excess figures. Your general remarks still stand, but it's important to remember that zero deaths of any kind are the ones that can be called 'excess deaths', because 'excess deaths' are a number made from subtracting two other numbers, not any kind of positive attribution. This doesn't contradict anything you say, it's just important to keep in mind when dealing with 'excess' deaths.
Prof Denis Rancourt's work on all cause mortality is most interesting.