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At least in the Netherlands, definitely not:

The first Figure in this article (Dutch) shows the number of deaths from any cause.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2330786-oversterfte-door-corona-blijf...

During the Corona outbreak, almost double the amount of people are dying compared to the same time last year.

There must be some sort of "flushing the pipeline" effect involved, provided that the virus kills the vulnerable to some extent. So I wonder how that will affect the numbers in the near future.

My guess is it will slip to slightly below the norm after the pandemic has passed. There are still a lot of people dying that had many years of life ahead of them.

of course everyone has to die at a certain point, when does make a difference and COVID is making a HUGE difference as you can see by the spike in mortality rate

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