> ~5% of deaths had "covid only" while the remaining 95% had other factors with the average having 4 other factors Well, I don't even know where to find this k

> ~5% of deaths had "covid only" while the remaining 95% had other factors with the average having 4 other factors Well, I don't even know where to find this kind of data, but your hypothesis could be tested by comparing the number of deaths in 2020 against the number of deaths in 2019, broken down by cause of death.