Young Adults Dying in Record Numbers, but Not From COVID-19
Young Adults Dying in Record Numbers, but Not From COVID-19 (rushhournews)
Nurse educator Dr. John Campbell is sounding the alert on a wave of unexplained deaths. According to the government data that Campbell has reviewed, many more people are dying than would be expected based on averages from the last five to seven years, and averages from years prior to COVID. Many of these excess deaths are occurring in young, otherwise healthy adults.
Campbell has 2.44 million subscribers on his YouTube channel. He recently shared more government data showing that young and healthy people keep unexpectedly dying, and not of COVID.
In the first week after Campbell posted one such video, “Excess deaths, the data,” on August 28, it had garnered over 916,000 views and more than 20,000 comments.
One-off news articles about high-profile athletes, actors, and celebrities dying only tell part of the story.
37-Year-Old Healthy Mountain Biker Dies
Campbell pointed out one of these: professional mountain biker Rab Wardell. Wardell won the elite men’s title at the Scottish Cross Mountain Bike Championships, which were held in Dumfries and Galloway in the western Southern Uplands in Scotland at the end of August. A few days later, the 37-year-old was reported to have died in his sleep. His fiancée posted on social media that she tried to save his life, performing CPR until the paramedics arrived:
“I still don’t understand what’s happened; if this is real; why he’d be taken now – so healthy and happy,” Katie Archibald tweeted on August 24, the day after Wardell died.
“He went into cardiac arrest while we were lying in bed. I tried and tried, and the paramedics arrived within minutes, but his heart stopped and they couldn’t bring him back,” she continued.
“Mine stopped with it. I love him so much and need him here with me. I need him here so badly; but he’s gone. I can’t describe this pain.”
A Disturbing Trend
In analyzing the data, Campbell shows that these anecdotal stories in the media are part of an extremely disturbing trend of excess death.
The statistics show that far more deaths than usual—at least 1,000 a week in the United Kingdom alone—have been occurring. These excess deaths are not from COVID-19.
According to the Parliament of Scotland, excess deaths have been up 11 percent for the last half year. While a spike in winter death due to COVID-19 mortality was expected, in the last six months—after the winter bump was over—there was still considerable excess mortality.
These excess deaths have been occurring in every age group, including in healthy young adults.
Sudden Deaths in Athletes
Campbell pointed to a June 2022 peer-reviewed study in The European Journal of Preventive Cardiology that showed that 80 percent of sudden deaths in young athletes occur in people with no prior symptoms or family history of heart disease.
Without those red flags to watch for, it is not possible to use preventive testing to screen for those who might be vulnerable.
Unexpected Excess Deaths May Outstrip COVID-19 Deaths
According to Professor Carl Heneghan, director of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine at Oxford University, the trend of excess deaths started to increase noticeably in the United Kingdom around the end of April of 2022.
The United Kingdom reports that these excess deaths are the result of circulatory issues, diabetes, and cancer. But, as Campbell was quick to point out, that does not explain the precipitating factor.
“The pattern is similar in many other countries,” Campbell said.
If this trend continues, these excess deaths will outstrip the COVID-19 deaths by the end of this year.
