Excess deaths 2025
Dr. John Campbell | May 28, 2025
Excess mortality: Deaths from all causes compared to average over previous years
https://bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000282
1 January 2020 until 31 December 2022
47 countries of the Western World, 3, 098, 456
Excess mortality
2021, 42 countries
2022, 43 countries
Conclusions
Excess mortality has remained high in the Western World for three consecutive years
This raises serious concerns.
Government leaders and policymakers need to thoroughly investigate underlying causes of persistent excess mortality.
2015–2019 compared to 2020–2024
Percentage difference between the reported weekly or monthly deaths in 2020–2024 and the average deaths in the same period in 2015–2019
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/excess-mortality-p-scores-average-baseline
Correlation and causality
Smoking is correlated with lung cancer
Asbestos exposure is correlated with mesothelioma
Alcohol consumption is associated with liver cirrhosis
Obesity is correlated with high sugar intake
Radiation exposure is correlated with cancer
Dioxin exposure is correlated with cancer
Causality may be adjudicated by larger scale associations, consistent between countries, where other explanations are unlikely, where effect follows cause, where greater exposure causes more harm with a plausible biological mechanism with coherence between bench science and epidemiological data supported by (even limited) experimentation. By analogy to other causes of harm and sometimes by reversibility.
Poll: Americans Support Talks With Iran, Oppose Involvement in Israel’s War
By Kyle Anzalone | The Libertarian Institute | June 17, 2025
A new poll shows that a majority of Americans want President Donald Trump to engage in negotiations with Iran and do not want Washington to support Tel Aviv’s offensive war against the Islamic Republic.
The survey, conducted by YouGov following the unprovoked Israeli attack on Iran, found 60% of Americans do not want Trump to enter the newest conflict in the Middle East, compared to just 16% of voters who want Washington to aid Tel Aviv’s military operation.
Even among Americans who voted for Trump in 2024, only 19% support entering the conflict. A majority of Republicans said they want Washington to stay out of the war.
While the US has not conducted direct strikes on Iran yet, Washington has provided substantial support to Tel Aviv’s war machine. The US has given Israel the arms and intelligence Tel Aviv needed to launch its bombing campaign.
Additionally, Israeli officials say Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu worked together privately to convince Tehran that a deal was possible and no attack was imminent.
The YouGov poll also found that three in five Americans believe Trump should engage the Iranians in talks to end the war. Only 18% of voters are opposed to negotiations with the Islamic Republic.
However, talks between Washington and Tehran appear increasingly unlikely. On Tuesday, Trump posted on Truth Social that Iran must agree to an “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” to end the war.
Overall, Americans disapproved of Trump’s handling of the Middle East by a slight margin. Thirty-seven percent of respondents said they approve of Trump’s Iran policy, against 44% who disapprove.
