levels of morbidity and mortality. This paper collects evidence that demonstrates an anomolous set of influenza statistics …

We present results on the mortality statistics of the COVID-19 epidemic in a number of countries. Our data analysis … inhabitants, a pattern emerges in which the Western countries exhibit the largest mortality rate. Furthermore, comparing the … larger population of elderly people, with exceptions such as Norway and Japan, for which other factors seem to dominate. Our …

. Unfortunately, no benefits in terms of mortality are found. In fact, with few exceptions, both strictness and variability in NPIs …

Lack of information about COVID-19 and its spread may have contributed to excess mortality at the pandemic's onset, In …