A minor criticism: A survey is not a highly objective way to collect data.
Here is a brief "study" actually based on real data. Using Florida official all-cause mortality data, looking only at the 65 and older deaths, we find that relative to 2019 figures:
2020 = +15.9%, 2021 = +23.0%, and 2022 (preliminary) = +16.5%. In pre-pandemic years…
A minor criticism: A survey is not a highly objective way to collect data.
Here is a brief "study" actually based on real data. Using Florida official all-cause mortality data, looking only at the 65 and older deaths, we find that relative to 2019 figures:
2020 = +15.9%, 2021 = +23.0%, and 2022 (preliminary) = +16.5%. In pre-pandemic years, usually the changes were in the 1% or so range. Also, these all-ages figures were very similar to the seniors, for the not surprising reason that it's the very aged who are more likely to die.
One would think a jump in the all-cause deaths > 25% in a two-year period would be a topic of intense interest of a State's public health department, but apparentlly not.
A minor criticism: A survey is not a highly objective way to collect data.
Here is a brief "study" actually based on real data. Using Florida official all-cause mortality data, looking only at the 65 and older deaths, we find that relative to 2019 figures:
2020 = +15.9%, 2021 = +23.0%, and 2022 (preliminary) = +16.5%. In pre-pandemic years, usually the changes were in the 1% or so range. Also, these all-ages figures were very similar to the seniors, for the not surprising reason that it's the very aged who are more likely to die.
One would think a jump in the all-cause deaths > 25% in a two-year period would be a topic of intense interest of a State's public health department, but apparentlly not.