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There are graphs from the CDC in this PDF for the data that NYT is reporting: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/vsrr/vsrr023.pdf

Idk why they decided to write out every single number when a chart or graph would have been easier to read.

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The graph is quite shocking to me. Looks like the series was coasting around a constant 76.5-ish until 2019, where it completely nosedived twice in a row. Is this due to COVID?

Hard to say. What we know for sure is that it 100% does NOT have ANYTHING to do with the safe and effective vaccines. I can’t believe people would even think that!

I got pericarditis after the booster, it felt like it was going to turn into a heart attack at any moment. I’m fanatical about my health so I could easily imagine others who are less careful getting a heart attack from the vaccine. And due to the anti-vax stigma I’m sure it’s under reported.

But I’m assuming covid dominates the deaths.

Wouldn't Israel, the most highly vaccinated nation on the planet, see a similar effect? Or other highly vaccinated groups?

Israel isn't the most vaccinated nation on the planet; it was merely the one of the first to have access to vaccine doses. They're basically on par with the United States now:

https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/coronavirus-data-explor...

Hmm but that does not include boosters, which Israel was also proactive about distributing.

Just to clarify for other people who were confused, life expectancy increased until 2019 inclusive, then nosedived. So Covid (or higher-order effects of Covid and the response) must be responsible.

I found it especially confusing how certain numbers were presented as the 2019-2021 delta and others the 2020-2021 delta without any way of seeing all the data together. Thanks for linking to the original source as when I looked for it last night I found it difficult to find.

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