More than 80 percent of excess deaths in the United States between 2020 and 2022 are attributable to COVID-19, with many excess deaths from illnesses like Alzheimer’s and diabetes also tied to the infection, according to a recent study.
The study looked to uncover the number of excess deaths that occurred in the country between March 1, 2020 and Jan. 1, 2022 that were linked to COVID-19.
“We find that 84 percent of all-cause excess mortality can be statistically attributed to the direct impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection. We also estimate a large direct contribution of SARS-CoV-2 infection (≥67 percent) on mortality from diabetes, Alzheimer’s, heart diseases, and in all-cause mortality among individuals over 65 years,” according to the Feb. 22 study published in the scientific journal eLife….