Dr. Genevieve Briand's controversial (and quickly censored) thesis, that there have been NO excess deaths this year, has not impressed some of the most trenchant critics of the COVID narrative, including Alex Berenson and Denis Rancourt. 

While that thesis should be rigorously treated, and all flaws in the argument exposed, it surely is worth noting that the Social Security data also appears to indicate that there have been no excess deaths this year: 

This piece too could be based on a misinterpretation of the data. Let's see if that is so; and let us also persevere in very closely scrutinizing every single claim that "our free press" unanimously shouts as fact.

MCM