[Professional]

Funny how closely they are tied to normal mortality tables.

Hey, ...if I was a conspiracy nut, I swear that there might be some risk that a person might be wrongly classified into the Covid column from something else...

Has a release of national death rates been revealed for last year, this year, to see if the total number of deaths this year to last are any different....AT ALL?

[Retain Mike]

This article deals with all the questions I have about reporting of this virus and speaks to the one you brought up. Overall the supposed information seems too speculative and too easily adapted to political motives.

How deadly is the coronavirus? It’s still far from clear
https://spectator.us/deadly-coronavirus-still-far-clear-covid-19/

[Sicon]

Some interesting reading here:

Investigating the impact of influenza on excess mortality in all ages in Italy during recent seasons (2013/14–2016/17 seasons)

Highlights

• In the winter seasons from 2013/14 to 2016/17, an estimated average of 5,290,000 ILI cases occurred in Italy, corresponding to an incidence of 9%.

• More than 68,000 deaths attributable to flu epidemics were estimated in the study period.

• Italy showed a higher influenza attributable excess mortality compared to other European countries. especially in the elderly.