From what I can tell by searching the "Your World in Data" website, eastern Europe seems to have an expected lower than average all-cause mortality rate than the western first world nations, who continue to see higher than average mortality rates. Here's the source reference.... Excess mortality: Deaths from all causes compared to average over previous years (ourworldindata.org).
It seems as though a post-pandemic world would expect to see a lower-than-average mortality rate, especially after a pandemic that targeted the elderly and sickly. That is what seems to be consistent in Eastern Europe, but not in most first world countries. Why is this?
The Lancet recently acknowledged this phenomenon in the UK, but I find the lack of curiosity about the causes is troubling to me....
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanepe/article/PIIS2666-7762(23)00221-1/fulltext#:~:text=Numbers%20of%20excess%20deaths%20estimated,year%20average%20(excluding%202020).
The silence in the media and the medical community about the excess mortality seems strange to me, but maybe I'm missing something. Thanks for your feedback!
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