Thanks for the education. I will have to review this later tonight.
Sure thing. The CDC’s weekly stats for excess deaths are here: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
Keep in mind that about half of the reporting jurisdictions (mostly state and local health departments) take more than 10 days to report stats to the CDC, so the numbers for recent weeks are low and get filled in later as the data arrives.
Also, the numbers being what they are doesn’t change anything about the questions around responses. Such as:
Why did Governor Cuomo and others (PA, CA, etc.) force nursing homes to accept known-infected persons? How many deaths resulted from these policies?
Why did Governor Newsom and others award BILLIONS of taxpayer dollars to fake companies that were supposed to supply protective gear like masks, but apparently never did?
Why did the CDC botch the initial batch of test kits, delaying testing in the US at a critical time early in the pandemic, especially when the WHO already had a working test kit developed and easily deployed?
Why, when every other business was shuttered, were Costco and others allow to pack 1,000+ people into the stores, spiking transmission rates during the supposed “lockdowns”?
Why was bad guidance given to the American public early in the pandemic telling everyone not to wear face masks and why did it take so long to acknowledge what the rest of the world already knew?
Why were states so short on PPE for hospital staff? Where were the strategic stockpiles of these critical items?
Why do COVID related restrictions in multiple states CONTINUE to ignore all the research and recommendations from the CDC and the WHO stating that outdoor activities (like going to the beach) are low risk for transmission and promote good physical and mental health?
Why hasn’t any state put together any sort of comprehensive approach to help protect the most vulnerable people (the elderly, those with high risk conditions, etc.) from transmission? Many have no support system to handle things like grocery shopping or other critical personal tasks and have to go out into public and into crowds.
There are hundreds of questions that really need to be asked about the RESPONSES, and some of those answers (if given honestly) should probably elicit criminal charges.