A deleted JHU newsletter article “was being used to support false and dangerous inaccuracies about the impact of the pandemic”

Some tried to use the article to say that deaths from all causes in 2020 is typical or similar to 2018

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The deleted article cited 1,7 million US deaths from all causes in weeks 12 through weeks 38 for 2020

But expected deaths were 1,4 million

Excess of 285k deaths or nearly 20%

Average over 10k per week

But what about 2018?

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Is 2020 similar to 2018?

Deaths from all causes was 1,4 million for the same period

And expected deaths were 1,4 million

Resulting in no excess deaths

Every week but 2 had deficits

Averaging a deficit over 800 deaths per week

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So it’s false to suggest that 2020 is similar to 2018

False to suggest that there were no excess deaths in 2020

As I’ve tweeted out previously

The CDC has already reported excess deaths of 299k

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