According to a new study, the US experienced approximately 170,000 more deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic that were not triggered by the virus directly, as obesity, substance abuse, and other killers increased under government-imposed lockdowns. A total of 170,000 excess deaths were caused by COVID lockdown, finds new study.
The findings were disclosed in a research (read below) released by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) earlier this month. The true figure was probably much greater, according to the report, because the estimate excludes 72,000 individuals who perished with the virus but not precisely because of it.
Excess non-Covid fatalities may well have been "collateral damage of policy choices," according to the research. During lockdowns, the NBER noted an upsurge in gun violence, drug and alcohol usage, smoking, and weight gain.
"We find it especially notable that non-Covid health outcomes were not more closely monitored to, among other thing...