For months now, I’ve had a hunch that we could discover whether we were living in the midst of a true pandemic by comparing the total number of deaths from at-risk age groups this year with those of previous years. Ideally, we would compare mortality numbers from nursing homes this year with previous years, but accurate numbers from long-term care facilities are hard to come by.
Since COVID-19 disproportionately kills those older than 65, we should see a significant spike between this year and previous years. That’s not what I found. Compare both charts below.
In 2020, total mortality for the age group 75-84 is 4,627.8 deaths per 100,000 population. In 2019, it’s 4,308.3. In 2018, it’s 4,386.1.
Mortality for this age group is up 7.4% from 2019.
For the 65-74 age group: 1,905.8 per 100,000 in 2020. In 2019, it’s 1,764.6. In 2018, it’s 1,783.3. For this age group, an 8% increase in mortality.
But now let’s look at the age groups not at risk of COVID. First, the 15-24 age group. In 2020, there are 77.95 deaths per 100,000 population. In 2019, it’s 69.7. In 2018, it’s 70.2.
This is an 11.8% increase in mortality. Again, this age group is not at risk of COVID.
Something else is killing them.
For the 25-34 age group, the same phenomenon occurs. In 2020, we have 146.7 deaths per 100,000. In both 2019 and 2018, it’s only 128.
A 13.8% increase in mortality. Again, this age group experiences extremely low risk of COVID complications.
This year has seen an enormous, horrific increase in deaths among young adults.
For 35-44, it’s the same story: 228.8 per 100,000 in 2020. 199.2 in 2019, 194 in 2018.
A 14.9% increase in mortality.
Something bad happened here in 2020, and it wasn’t a virus. This is man-made. These are lockdown deaths.
To the question: did we really experience a pandemic in 2020? 80% of COVID deaths have occurred in the 65-and-up age categories, and yet death rates have increased at a far higher rate among age groups not at risk of COVID.
What happened? What did we do to ourselves? Through lockdown, have young people been sacrificed to alleviate the unfounded fears of the old? This is grim.
US deaths, January 4, 2020 to January 2, 2021:
