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[DarkBlack]

I won't question that, it seems plausible. But you need to recognize that the overall death rate was substantially higher during that period, to see the whole picture. If not Covid, then what?

I asked Google AI:

AI Overview

Yes, the US has experienced a greater number of deaths per capita, particularly avoidable deaths, compared to many high-income countries with higher immunization rates, as indicated by a recent Brown University study. Factors such as slow vaccination and booster administration have contributed to higher excess mortality in the U.S. compared to countries with faster vaccine rollout during the COVID-19 pandemic.​

Your quote reads like the many, science for hire articles .
The big ( huge and powerful, actually) pharmaceutical industry has paid tentacles all through our government, and easily gets statistics manufactured for them that help them sell more of their product

 

[Hay Dude]

He who controls the news media, controls the information.
When we had covid, the news media was controlled by the leftist lunatics.
IMO, they scared a lot of people-literally to death.

 

[eolesen]

I thought about donating to both wikipedia and internet archive and then found that both organizations are paying six and seven figure salaries to their key leadership.

If they have that much money to spend on salaries and benefits, they don't need me to spend five dollars on them. I'd rather donate to sites like this. I run another site myself and fortunately, the membership kicks in with donations to cover the server and storage costs for the year.

 

[MossRoad]

I won't question that, it seems plausible. But you need to recognize that the overall death rate was substantially higher during that period, to see the whole picture. If not Covid, then what?

Good question... something killed them.

 

[California]

He who controls the news media, controls the information.
When we had covid, the news media was controlled by the leftist lunatics.
IMO, they scared a lot of people-literally to death.

Be Very Afraid!©.

 

[MossRoad]

Be Very Afraid!©.

Kinda interesting as to what people think of media bias. When I worked for a newspaper we were consistently checked as neutral bias. Yet we'd get multiple complaints of being too far left AND too far right on the same story. It was very interesting times.

I like to look at this chart a few times a year. Over the years, you can see it evolve. Here's the current one. Note it ranks them on left and right BIAS on the horizontal axis, and news VALUE and RELIABILITY on the vertical axis. Kinda interesting.

Click to enlarge.

 

[ponytug]

@MossRoad That is an interesting graph. Thanks for sharing it.

All the best, Peter

 

[MossRoad]

@MossRoad That is an interesting graph. Thanks for sharing it.

All the best, Peter

Your welcome. Here's a link to it and past versions.

Media Bias Chart Gallery - Public | Ad Fontes Media

Take a look back at the Media Bias Chart through the years, from 2016 through today. The flagship chart is updated twice per year.

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