The COVID-19 pandemic sharply exacerbated the rise in US deaths in 2020 and 2021, more so than in other countries, and with long-lasting consequences that continue to be realized. But the persistent disparity in US mortality in comparison to its peers is largely driven by crises that began long before the pandemic.
Everyone caught it by now, so you know more than that.
Doesn't mean it wasn't deadly during the initial wave.
The national death rate went up in 2020 & 21, a mix of died with covid, died due to covid delaying medical procedures minus less road accidents.
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The COVID-19 pandemic sharply exacerbated the rise in US deaths in 2020 and 2021, more so than in other countries, and with long-lasting consequences that continue to be realized. But the persistent disparity in US mortality in comparison to its peers is largely driven by crises that began long before the pandemic.