COVID Death Toll Data Laid Bare, Busts Media Narrative

Independent Journalist and author Alex Berenson has just exposed how the media has been lying to us. Recently, Berenson was “canceled” by Amazon who initially refused to sell his booklet, using “science” to show masks don’t work.

Berenson was examining how many excess deaths have occurred this year inside the United States because of the Wuhan virus.

Bereson posted a chart showing the United States’ regular death toll from 2000-2018.

1/ The question of how many excess deaths the US has had this year turns out to be tricky (no surprise) – and to point toward an answer that should make us very worried about the long-term effects of lockdowns.

The chart below shows US deaths from 2000-2018… pic.twitter.com/I0R839fiXu

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) December 7, 2020

Berenson noted that between 2000 and 2009 the number of deaths did not change much. However, since 2009 they are up by 4000,000 annually. Obamacare was passed in 2009 as well but we’ll save that for another post.

He gave two reasons as to why…

3/ Two obvious factors played a role – the Great Recession and the explosion of opioid use. SOCIETAL DESPAIR KILLS. Now, where a demographer wants to say deaths “should” have been in 2020 is slightly tricky – anywhere from 2.9 million to almost 3 million is plausible…

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) December 7, 2020

4/ The difference may seem small, but it really isn’t, because the higher figure suggests that an additional 100,000 or so of our reported #Covid deaths came in people who were so sick they would have died this year anyway…

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) December 7, 2020

Berenson then offered a very rough actual death toll resulting from the coronavirus. He believes (remember this is a rough estimate) 150,000 people have actually died from the coronavirus this year inside the United States. Bereson estimated that another 150,000 passed away that passed away “with” COVID, believes 25,000 death have nothing to do with the coronavirus at all, and at least 75,000 people are “lockdown deaths.”

5/ My best guess at this point is that we will have roughly 150,000 “from” Covid deaths this year, 150,000 “with” Covid deaths, 25,000 or so deaths that have nothing to do with Covid but are classified that way, and 75,000 lockdown deaths. But these are VERY round numbers…

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) December 7, 2020

Berenson acknowledges it’s going to take years to pick sort through all the data to get an actual answer.

6/ They are directionally accurate but each pool could be off by 50%. Our counting rules combined with the way PCR tests to pick up old cases mean we will need years of sorting through death certificates to get an honest answer.

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) December 7, 2020

Berenson provided five examples to prove his point by using data collected from those that have passed away and added to the COVID death toll. He then asked a very important question…

“When Is the Truth Going to Start To Matter?

2/ Case Number20-08877
Case TypeBody Released – COVID-19

Age75 Years
GenderMale
RaceWhite
ModeNatural

Cause B: Chronic congestive heart failure, chronic renal failure on dialysis, diabetes mellitus

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) December 7, 2020

3/ Case Number20-08894
Case TypeBody Released – COVID-19

Age 85 Years
Gender Male
Race Hispanic
Mode Natural

Cause B Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypothyroidism

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) December 7, 2020

Case Number 20-08866
Case Type Body Released – COVID-19

Age 78 Years
Gender Female
Race Hispanic
Mode Natural

Cause B Dementia, stroke, atherosclerotic coronary and peripheral vascular disease, chronic renal failure

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) December 7, 2020

Unfortunately I can do this all day. For NINE MONTHS the media has pretended that elderly people with really severe illnesses don’t make up the vast majority of #Covid deaths.

And for nine months we have twisted our society into a pretzel.

When does the truth start to matter? https://t.co/vteo3S3RnB

— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) December 7, 2020

It’s the media’s fault for creating people like this…

A totally sane teacher in the public schools just a teensy bit upset at parents wanting their kids to go back to school.

I don’t blame her. I blame our leaders who instilled this fear in her. pic.twitter.com/FaIZDZeLNS

— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) December 7, 2020