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The article you linked seems to be about the UK, specifically, and the reason to suspect over-counting of covid deaths in the UK is based on covid death compari

The article you linked seems to be about the UK, specifically, and the reason to suspect over-counting of covid deaths in the UK is based on covid death comparisons with nearby countries. The economist study is global, and is counting excess deaths during the pandemic, whether directly due to covid or not. In addition to the deaths we've counted from covid, there may be uncounted covid deaths, as well as deaths that happened because the hospitals were full, or people were avoiding going to the hospital, or because we've got an increase in drug & alcohol use during lockdowns.

orwin 5y ago
> an increase in drug & alcohol use during lockdowns The first wing to have been changed into a Covid wing in Colmar (First French hotspot for covid, pre-lockdown) was the addictology (don't know if its an english word) service, since it had with a lot of beds, small ventilators and IVs. My cousin's wife told me that most of her "regular" patients disappeared, whether they were in remission or not, and either students/young workers did not had alcohol poisoning anymore, or they stopped calling the hospital. On the other hand, while they were a lot of death, some functioning addicts (again, is this understandable for English people?) stopped consuming during of lockdown. So i guess a mixed bag.