[BFatts]

Why would the American Left need to? Look, it's obvious how easy this is to manipulate. Tell people that every year people die at higher rates of these four causes, but in 2020 we don't see that happen but the Covid numbers are where we saw the increase. So covid is really just no big deal and Trump was always right." Am I getting the gist of where you're going with this? That the American right was always correct? Laughable.

What this says is that in 2020 they didn't see the same numbers that they've always seen. Heart disease death counts aren't as high as they've always been. But wow, take a look at covid - those numbers are WAY up. To the observer who wants to say that covid isn't bad and is just the left's fever dream, this is the proof in the pudding.

To the intelligent, highly educated left, this says "Covid is the biggest cause of death in 2020. The right is just looking for something else to point at because Trump said so."

I believe the article is saying something, but it's not saying the right thing. Covid, in 2020, has been the biggest killer. Trying to identify an alternative cause is just wishful thinking.