In the United States, excess deaths increased 22.9% between March 1, 2020, and Jan. 2, 2021, an increase that “far exceeds annual increases observed in recent years” of 2.5% or less, data in JAMA show. In other words, this trend pre-dates mass vaccination campaigns that barely got started mid December 2020.

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