Is COVID-19 real and does it impact the excess mortality in 2020?

Jovan Petrov
Oct 23, 2020

Just the facts, lessons learned from the first SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus wave (end of August / early September 2020). Charts show the excess deaths for 2020 when compared to average deaths 2015–2019 (Percentage increase/decrease). It is up to the reader to conclude and extrapolate this conclusion for the winter season in the Northern hemisphere. Source (linkECDC).

Sweden
Belgium
France
USA

I will try to find the statistics and prepare similar chart for Macedonia in the following weeks. I am aware that we are comparing different statistical methods which vary country to country on a single page, but stick to the relative trends.

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Jovan Petrov

Technology, Business, Time, Science and Society — A Holistic approach. Geek, father and wannabe time traveler.