Study finds many COVID deaths misclassified as natural causes

A recent study reveals that the increased mortality rates attributed to chronic illnesses and natural causes were, in fact, caused by Covid-19 infections.

Excess mortality offers an insight into the number of deaths that likely would not have happened if not for the pandemic. However, there is still limited evidence on whether these additional deaths can be attributed directly to the SARS-CoV-2 virus itself, or if they resulted from other pandemic-related factors such as disruptions in healthcare services, socioeconomic challenges, or the effects of Covid vaccinations.

The study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) provides the first concrete data showing that many of these excess deaths were indeed uncounted Covid deaths.

Published in the journal PNAS, the study compared reported Covid deaths to excess deaths due to non-Covid natural causes, such as diseases and chronic illnesses.

The findings revealed that an increases in non-Covid excess deaths occurred at the same time or in the month prior to increases in reported Covid deaths in most US counties.