What about the excess deaths which occurred because the panic-demic threw the healthcare system into chaos.
RE: What about the excess deaths which occurred because the panic-demic threw the healthcare system into chaos.
Yes, they factored those in via this sentence in the article:
“It added that the increase in deaths was likely not only due to the disease, but from people suffering from other illnesses unable to get healthcare due to hospitals being overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.”