There've been a few posts recently about how total deaths in the US this year are down compared to previous years. I was curious, so I ran the numbers myself based on the same CDC data that other posters and their sources supposedly used.
I pulled the last 4 years of weekly raw data from the CDC here: https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/fluview/mortality.html
Then I tallied and compared the totals for the first 47 weeks of each year (these numbers are TOTAL DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES in the US):
2017 2515944
2018 2551868
2019 2559485
2020 2886361
Based on this data, total deaths are up by over 300,000 this year vs each of the last 3 years, which were each within 50,000 of one another.
Whenever I mention these stats on conspiracies.win I get downvoted, but nobody ever has a response, so I think I'm on to something!
What do you think could've caused this?
It has more to do with the effect the lockdowns have on the economy. You've heard "Every percent the unemployment rate goes up, 40,000 people die". Its not exact but there is a strong correlation between unemployment and people dying. I think the shut downs/ lock downs/ banning business from operating will be looked at and studied for a long time.
The consequences of the government response to the epidemic shouldn't be worse than the disease itself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k5aVLi_yhM