Your 2020 Knoema.com data is a projection that came from August of 2019. From their site: “Published by source: 28 August 2019. Expected next release: 12 July 2021”. Go here: https://knoema.com/atlas/United-States-of-America/Death-rate and click on “Explore Data”.
Now let’s see what actually happened:
Number of deaths in the US in 2018: 2,839,205 (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db355.htm)
Number of deaths in the US in 2019: 2,854,838 (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db395.htm)
Number of deaths in the US in 2020: 3,389,700 (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/COVID19/index.htm)
So in 2020, there was an increase of 534,862 total deaths. You’ll notice that from 2018 to 2019, there was a 0.5% increase in total deaths in the United States. The normal range is 0.3% - 0.7%. In 2020, there was an 18.7% increase over 2019. That’s unheard of outside of incredibly extreme situations. Like World War II.
In that case I stand corrected.
This is why I love Posting here. The depth of knowledge is awesome. I’m an old man but I learn something new every day.
RE: The normal range is 0.3% - 0.7%. In 2020, there was an 18.7% increase over 2019.
I pointed this CDC data to other FReepers.
Their response - WE CAN’T TRUST THE CDC DATA.
At that point, I simply refuse to respond anymore. If the response is in effect “I won’t believe the government because they lie”, and they won’t provide an alternative data source, then there’s no point discussing with them. Their minds are made up.