Yeah it is too early to look at yearly statistics.
But in 5 years we will see the full picture and realize that 2020 was just a blip in the death statistics followed by 3 years of lower death in 21, 22, 23. We will wonder why we freaked out and paused our economy over this and come to find out the economic and social damage was worse than an abnormal number of old folks dying a few years early.
Not saying you're wrong but a LOT of deaths happen in winter.
A more accurate stat would be to match the % of overall deaths from winter months, not the average over the entire year.
Yeah it is too early to look at yearly statistics.
But in 5 years we will see the full picture and realize that 2020 was just a blip in the death statistics followed by 3 years of lower death in 21, 22, 23. We will wonder why we freaked out and paused our economy over this and come to find out the economic and social damage was worse than an abnormal number of old folks dying a few years early.
Agree. I don't know where these number are coming from. CDC, last I checked, still hadn't released the 2019 mortality rate numbers, much less 2020.