Comments by "Dale Crocker" (@dalecrocker3213) on "Why More Countries are Distancing Themselves from Russia" video.

The outcome of the war is far from certain. If countries appear to be distancing themselves from Russia (which in real terms they are not) it is simply because they are playing both ends against the middle. A victory for Russia will certainly solidify opposition to Western hegemony - but that will happen anyway.
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And these very efficient countries are now suffering unprecedented rates of excess deaths. There's a lesson there.
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@MadSwede87 A number of studies have come to this inescapable conclusion. Analysis conducted by Eurostat found that excess mortality rates across the European Union rose by 19 per cent in December 2022, compared to the average number of deaths in the same period between 2016 and 2019. According to EuroMOMO, over 101,000 deaths were recorded in December 2022, compared to 109,000 recorded in 2020, when SARS-COV-2 was in high circulation in Europe. So, despite the fact that the number of deaths attributed to covid has dropped dramatically, excess deaths from other causes in December (and even now) are much higher than at any time in the past five years. If you actually are Swedish you will be pleased to learn that your country's excess death rate is only around 9% compared with , say, Germany where it has reached over 40% in recent weeks.
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@blechman3871 That is not the point at issue.
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@karinneeskens So what explanation do you offer for these official statistics? "Analysis conducted by Eurostat found that excess mortality rates across the European Union rose by 19 per cent in December 2022, compared to the average number of deaths in the same period between 2016 and 2019. According to EuroMOMO, over 101,000 deaths were recorded in December 2022, compared to 109,000 recorded in 2020, when SARS-COV-2 was in high circulation in Europe."
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@karinneeskens In this instance, a cause is required for the phenomenon. Until something better comes along, its correlation with the measures taken to counter-act the pandemic must be a prime contender. This is supported by empirical deduction - as well as by prediction You will recall the Great Barrington Declaration predicted that the measures would have dire consequences. The GBD was, of course, signed by a great number of people with degrees. As well as lockdowns creating sickness through inhibiting access to medical services, and by interrupting the natural immune processes, there is mounting evidence that the final procedure designed to halt the pandemic has, in itself, caused a great many deaths and serious injuries.
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@timetraveler43 My original post was in response to the claim that the EU response to covid was better than the UK's. In fact both approaches seem to have resulted in dire consequences - unless some other factor can be found to explain the extraordinary divergences in excess deaths currently being experienced. As to stress - surely the stress might be reduced by now? So why are people dropping dead from heart and pulmonary conditions in such numbers? One explanation is the fact that routine screening for such conditions fell by the wayside during lockdowns etc. Another cannot be mentioned without risking this post being deleted, so dreadful a prospect does it present. Suffice it to say that adverse reactions to this procedure are currently several THOUSAND times more than to previous procedures of a similar nature. Some indication of this is that government body which exists to assess compensation for the adverse effects of such procedures has now increased the number of staff from four to eighty. For your information, these are the latest figures on excess deaths in the UK from the Office of National Statistics: "The number of deaths registered in the UK in the week ending 24 March 2023 (Week 12) was 13,790, which was 13.3% above the five-year average (1,617 more deaths); of these deaths, 699 involved COVID-19." So that means that, even without covid, there were more than nine hundred more deaths that week than the average for the previous five years. Stress? I don't think so.
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@mdf3006 Argue with the facts as presented. Many countries are experiencing quite alarming levels of excess deaths - more than 40% in some cases. This is undeniable. All you can argue is that is not the covid control measures which has caused this. In which case you need to provide another explanation. Until you can do so you might as well shut up - or just crawl back under the covers and pretend it isn't happening. (Australia has banned the AZ medication, by the way. Australia, which employed strong-arm tactics to enforce lockdowns has one of the highest rates of excess deaths in the world.)
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@mdf3006 Then what else? Those opposing the measures predicted this would happen - and it has. That is surely a pretty fair indication, is it not? Do you have something else to offer? You can't shut society down and expect no consequences. You can't mass medicate people with an experimental drug, either. These deaths, extending across all age groups. just go to prove that knee-jerk reactions and hysteria are NOT the best ways of dealing with a crisis.
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When?
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