Well, football calendar, at least in Europe, has been crazy full since the suspension in the spring of 2020: https://www.fifpro.org/media/bffctrd1/at-the-limit.

Well, football calendar, at least in Europe, has been crazy full since the suspension in the spring of 2020: https://www.fifpro.org/media/bffctrd1/at-the-limit.pdf https://www.fifpro.org/media/bffctrd1/at-the-limit.pdf This could be of course a cause of spike in deaths: I'd say way more data is necessary to find a cause.