The short answer is just about everywhere. A survey of death records from the early part of the pandemic, from March 1 to August 1 of 2020 analyzed the death rate in the states and compared that with what could be expected, based on prior year death data. Prior to the pandemic, such analyses were highly accurate, which led to a high degree of confidence that any excess deaths during Covid time would largely be due either to Covid-19 itself, or due to other causes of death that were amplified by the stress on the medical system due to Covid-19, as well as people’s reluctance to expose themselves to Covid by seeking help for other ailments, thus resulting in fatalities. Continue reading →