This paper, “Unwinding the 2020 U.S. Death Counts” by Colin Stayton, argues that the reported U.S. death counts for 2020 are misleading and inflated, particularly as presented in a Wall Street Journal article. The author contends that the article falsely suggests progress in health due to a rising death rate, when in fact, the rate has been increasing due to an aging population. The paper criticizes the use of age-adjusted death rates and declining life expectancy as metrics for health, arguing they mask underlying societal and medical issues.
The core of the argument is that raw death figures are never provided, and the presented age-adjusted rates are suspect. Stayton asserts that if raw numbers were examined, they would reveal that many deaths attributed to Covid-19 were actually due to other causes. He highlights anomalies in the data, such as a significant decrease in deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases and suicides, while deaths from heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and unintentional injuries saw notable increases.
Stayton suggests that deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases and flu/pneumonia were artificially inflated and counted as Covid-19 deaths to boost the total. He also proposes that a rise in suicides was misclassified as unintentional injuries due to drug overdoses, which saw a spike. The author concludes that the reported Covid-19 death toll is fabricated, and a significant number of excess deaths, including those from other chronic diseases, are either a result of people losing the will to live due to the societal changes of 2020 or are being deliberately miscoded to support the “Covid-19 narrative.” Stayton implicates figures like Bill Gates, Anthony Fauci, and Gavin Newsom as being responsible for these excess deaths, labeling the situation a “genocide.”
Another contributor, Miles, supports Stayton’s position, advocating to simply dismiss data that is illogical and counter to trends, suggesting it’s disinformation. He points out that accidents and murders should have decreased given reduced social interaction, further questioning the validity of the reported figures.
List of Entities:
- Colin Stayton
- U.S.
- 2020
- Wall Street Journal
- Covid-19
- Heart disease
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Autism
- Alzheimer’s
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Suicide
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Cuomo (mentioned in the context of a crisis in New York)
- New York
- Covid (used synonymously with Covid-19)
- CDC
- Flu
- Pneumonia
- Time.com
- MIT
- Drug overdoses
- Bill Gates
- Anthony Fauci
- Gavin Newsom
- Holocaust (used metaphorically)
- Vaccine