Further context: some people object to using excess mortality because it includes hypothetical “lockdown deaths.” But when you looks at states like HI and ME, they did have lockdowns, but virtually no excess deaths.
Conclusion: COVID kills. Lockdowns are rounding error in comparison, in terms of mortality. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/12/us/covid-deaths-us.html
The True Coronavirus Toll in the U.S. Has Already Surpassed 200,000

A New York Times analysis shows a high number of deaths above normal — with the most recent rise in excess deaths focused in the South and West.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/12/us/covid-deaths-us.html
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