I'll be briefer than the other reply. The FT excess mortality graph doesn't care whether anything is flagged as a COVID death or not. If there's a lethal pande

I'll be briefer than the other reply. The FT excess mortality graph doesn't care whether anything is flagged as a COVID death or not. If there's a lethal pandemic, you don't need to rely on doctors classifying deaths, you can see it in the total number of deaths from all causes.