Mortality rates went down for children in 2020 and 2021. But went up since 2022? What happened? COVID Vaccines? Just asking.

Mortality rates went down for children in 2020 and 2021. But went up since 2022? What happened? COVID Vaccines? Just asking. These rates dramatically shifted to 16% more deaths than anticipated in 2022 and a projected 22% more deaths than anticipated in 2023. Ed Dowd blamed this rise in mortality on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for this age group, which commenced in September 2021 for 12 to 15-year-olds and April 2022 for 5 to 11-year-olds. 

Ed Dowd also questioned why COVID-19 would be responsible for the increase in excess mortality among children only after the vaccines were introduced, and not before. He pointed out that if COVID-19 were the cause of increased excess mortality, we would have expected to see these elevated numbers in 2020 and 2021 as well.