claim: flawed analysis leads to false claim of ‘no excess deaths’ in 2020
summary: many social media posts are spreading flawed interpretation of u.s. mortality data made by an economics professor
subject_description: an economics professor claims that covid-19 hasn’t led to more deaths than normal this year.
Motive_Description: downplay the severity of the coronavirus epidemic
author_description: general public
keywords: coronavirus, death, johns hopkins