In light of the excess mortality update, I went digging into Kansas City metro statistics

https://marc2.org/covidhub/?fbclid=IwAR0sTFxVRkjGFvrU8yNEcdOLxtRj_mTM4lw0cS-hT7b0Lpkyn5VnEeJffBI

So reviewing yesterdays excess mortality statistics for Kansas and Missouri:

These are for current year.  You can see at the bottom of each graph what the excess deaths were each year, and year to date excess deaths.

A lot of people have thrown out “oh it is due to covid”.  Covid would be included in all cause mortality.

So I took a peek at the MARC covid data website.  This is the data reporting site for the greater Kansas City metro area.  It covers a wide territory, 9 counties I believe, and tracks covid data.  So where DOES the covid data for deaths stack up?

First, lets look at deaths for week 19 in 2021 versus 2022

Week 19 2021:  the ENTIRE Kansas City Reporting region had 1 covid death.

Week 19 2022:  The ENTIRE Kansas City Reporting region had 8 covid deaths.

Taking that data alone……covid is not the driving factor for excess deaths.  For either state.  The Kansas City metro is one of the largest populations in Kansas (runners up in size include Wichita, Topeka, and Lawrence).  Missouri has one large metro area outside of Kansas City (St. Louis).  It would be a statistical anomaly for those areas to have a large covid death count comparatively speaking.

So that got me thinking.  The bigger picture.  Beyond just a week 19 2021/2022 comparison.  How many people have died of covid during the ENTIRE pandemic in this reporting area for Kansas City?  This number may shock you.

4,580 people have died of covid IN THE ENTIRE 9 COUNTY METRO AREA since March, 2020.  Wow.  The television narrative would tell you a vastly different story of covid deaths wouldn’t it.  In a metro area of 2 million people, 4,580 TOTAL DEATHS from covid over 28 months.  Jackson County, MO alone has over 700,000 residents.

So no.  Covid deaths are NOT THE DRIVER OF EXCESS DEATH in Missouri or Kansas.  The total excess deaths in 2022 ALONE in Kansas and Missouri, through the month of MAY, exceed the TOTAL covid deaths in 28 months in the metro area.  Assuming a population of 2 million total people……the mortality rate is 0.2% due to covid.

So I will go ahead and ask again.  What is the cause of excess deaths?  What intervention came out in 2021 that started the excess death increase that is still happening?  Yep.  We know.