35% of excess deaths from pandemic not caused by Covid-19
According to the article, there are 2 types of excess deaths:<p>- the virus can also cause death by exacerbating underlying health issues; the body’s immune system is weakened while fighting off the illness.<p>- the sudden emergence and rapid spread of the disease overwhelmed critical care units when the virus was at its peak, reducing the amount of care any individual patient could receive.<p>And the argument of &quot;35% excess deaths not caused by COVID-19&quot; is perhaps technically correct due to the reasons above, however, those are indirect deaths that had the root cause of SARS-CoV-2, which is the virus. Notice the difference between COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2? The former is the disease, the latter is the virus.<p>As Dr. Mike Hansen said in a few of his autopsy report review videos he made in his YouTube channel[1], there are very few direct cause of death in the death certificate he signed and issued for his ICU patients, most related to blood clots and lack of oxygen but the common indirect cause is the SARS-CoV-2. In other words, if it weren&#x27;t for the coronavirus infection, these deaths could either be prevented or delayed.<p>So I think it&#x27;s more nuanced than simply saying we are attributing 35% the excess deaths to COVID-19 whereas these are indirectly caused by SAR-CoV-2 viral outbreak.<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=y6h8TIxeg1g" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=y6h8TIxeg1g</a>