The non-Covid-related deaths appeared after the vax rollout; to point the finger at Covid19 begs the obvious question: Why weren't group life insurance claims up in 2020 (when the only suspect could be Covid) but up in 2021 and later (after the mandates began)?
“from Covid-19 (directly and indirectly)”
Indirectly, from combination of delayed diagnosis and treatment (or non-diagnosis and non-treatment) of non-covid illnesses, worsened by social isolation and psychological stress, due to lockdowns and mandates. People couldn’t see their doctors except by tele-medicine (zoom conferences, phone) and were afraid to go to the clinics, urgent care centers, and hospitals for fear of catching (and dying from) Covid-19. Makes sense the longer the delays and the isolation, the more the non-covid deaths, hence 2020+ deaths in excess of expectations. That’s how I read the articles as saying, anyhow.