Overall mortality and causes of death during the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination campaign in Germany (REVIEW)

This analysis investigates mortality and relevant causes of death in Germany between 2019 and 2023, focusing particularly on the consequences of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic and mass vaccination campaigns. Official, freely accessible annual statistics and government reports were used as sources to provide an overview of how the annual raw data has developed. No `excess mortality` due to the pandemic in 2020 was detected that exceeded the level of the increase in deaths during the 2015 flu epidemic. The years following the pandemic were characterised by widespread vaccination with spike-based mRNA-vaccines and basic immunisation rates exceeding 70%. Contrary to expectations, however, overall mortality increased by 3.797% in 2021 and by a further 4.31% in 2022 compared to the previous year. This represented an increase of 8.85% and 13.54% respectively compared to the pre-pandemic year. Even though the profile of the Covid-19 disease became less dangerous in the 2021 vaccination year and in the years that followed, the number of recorded deaths from the disease rose alarmingly (to 183.74% in 2021). The available data suggest that overall mortality increased in 2021 and 2022, although the number of recorded Covid-19 deaths began to decline as early as 2022. There was a shift in the spectrum of causes of death, with an increase in fatal cardiovascular diseases, mental illnesses, and disorders of the nervous and digestive systems, and a decrease in respiratory diseases. Given the profound mode of action of spike-based mRNA vaccines and their considerable potential for side effects, it is reasonable to suggest that they may contribute to the multifactorial causes of increased mortality.