Federal authorities have yet to respond to an Epoch Times analysis that shows a dramatic increase in deaths of 18—49-year-olds in the United States in the past year. The majority of those deaths weren’t associated with the COVID-19 disease. Deaths in this age group rose more than 40 percent in the 12 months ending October 2021 compared to the same period in 2018–2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the analysis of death certificate data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). About 42 percent of the excess deaths had COVID-19 marked on the death certificate as the cause or a contributing factor, the data showed. The agency doesn’t yet have full 2021 figures, as death certificate data has a lag of up to eight weeks or more. The Epoch Times repeatedly inquired with both the White House and the CDC about any steps they are taking to examine the …