Important to remember that deaths ascribed to Covid-19 are not the only deaths induced by the pandemic, due to differential cause of death, who is counted, indirect effects on treatment of other diseases. True toll is perhaps 100% higher. https://twitter.com/d_spiegel/status/1249986522692096003

Excellent thread on “excess mortality” as a better indicator of impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic by @firefoxx66: https://twitter.com/firefoxx66/status/1249996541424816128