The claim: COVID-era excess deaths were a direct result of a pandemic respiratory virus.
Research has suggested, however, that these patterns in global mortality rates have another cause.
Joseph Hickey, Ph.D.
Took part in a study on this very topic, and along with his co-authors, concluded that public health interventions had a major role to play in these fatalities — dispelling the popular assertion that it was the infectious disease.
Hickey provides valuable insights on this investigation and its findings on “Defender In-Depth.”