Global Death Rates Are Skyrocketing! Why?

[fj1200]

Pretty damning evidence. Why do you need more study? Besides, as of about a week ago everything was fixed. :cough: rjkjr :cough:

[revelarts]

Another study.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40028449/

All-cause mortality according to COVID-19 vaccination status: An analysis of the UK office for National statistics public data

All-cause mortality according to COVID-19 vaccination status: Pending indepth investigations, much greater caution should be exercised in promoting mass vaccination campaigns.

"Results: We found that across all age groups, all-cause mortality SMRs [standardized mortality ratio] increased from a certain date, dependent on the age group.

Conclusions: The increase over time in all-cause death SMRs in vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated, and their excess from the reference values for certain age groups, should be carefully considered to understand the underlying factors. Furthermore, since the initial values of the SMRs are much lower than 1, we assume the presence of significant biases in the ONS dataset, leading to underestimate the risks for the vaccinated people, as it is implausible that COVID-19 vaccines protect against non-COVID-19 deaths. It would be desirable for other major countries to systematically collect all-cause mortality by vaccination status and, in the meantime, a pending indepth investigations, much greater caution should be exercised in promoting mass vaccination campaigns."

"much greater caution should be exercised in promoting mass vaccination campaigns"
To say the least.

[fj1200]

... vaccinated people compared to unvaccinated...

Getting closer.

[revelarts]

Diabetes and deaths of COVID-19 patients

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10191721/

Data sources
The relevant meta-analyses were searched on PubMed till April 2021 and data was extracted from 24 relevant meta-analyses. The overall estimate was calculated in terms of odds ratio or relative risk with a 95% confidence interval.

Results
A total of 09 meta-analyses showed the association of diabetes with the death of COVID-19 patients and 15 meta-analyses have reported the association of diabetes with other comorbidities in the death of COVID-19 patients. The pooled odds ratio or relative risk has shown a significant association of diabetes alone or its associated comorbidities with deaths of COVID-19 patients

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Lancet
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/e...401-1/fulltext

Findings
Among 4·25 million DM-related deaths during 2006-2021, there was a significant surge of more than 30% in mortality during the pandemic, from 106·8 (per 100,000 persons) in 2019 to 144·1 in 2020 and 148·3 in 2021. Adults aged 25-44 years had the most pronounced rise in mortality. Widened racial/ethnic disparity was observed, with Hispanics demonstrating the highest excess deaths (67·5%; 95% CI 60·9-74·7%), almost three times that of non-Hispanic whites (23·9%; 95% CI 21·2-26·7%).
Interpretation
The United States saw an increase in DM-related mortality during the pandemic. The disproportionate rise in young adults and the widened racial/ethnic disparity warrant urgent preventative interventions from diverse stakeholders.

The numbers that I've recently heard used are, about 40% of covid deaths were in those with diabetes.

[revelarts]

The Covid-19 lesson from Sweden: Don't lock down
Fredrik N G Andersson, Lars Jonung
First published: 11 February 2024

https://doi.org/10.1111/ecaf.12611 JEL classification: E58, E65, F43, H51, H63, I10, N14Citations: 3

Abstract
Covid-19 triggered a wave of lockdowns across the world, contributing to a severe downturn in economic activity. Governments responded by introducing expansionary fiscal and monetary measures. We compare the health and economic outcomes in Sweden, commonly viewed as an outlier relying more on recommendations and voluntary adjustments than on strict lockdowns, with those of comparable European OECD countries. Our results suggest that the Swedish policy of advice and trust in the population to reduce social interactions voluntarily was relatively successful. Sweden combined low excess death rates with relatively small economic costs. In future pandemics, policymakers should rely on empirical evidence rather than panicking and adopting extreme measures. Even if policymakers appeared to act rapidly and decisively, the rushed implementation of strict lockdowns in 2020/21 probably did more harm than good.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ecaf.12611