This does not necessarily mean that there are no Covid deaths. It could as well mean that despite lower overall deaths from other causes (e.g. because people ac

This does not necessarily mean that there are no Covid deaths. It could as well mean that despite lower overall deaths from other causes (e.g. because people actually do less stuff that could get them killed), they arrive at a similar number because of additional deaths caused by Covid. My first idea would be to try a difference-in-differences approach with other countries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_in_differences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_in_differences