Are deaths from Covid-19 hidden? Remarkable figures from TUIK…

Death and cause of death statistics announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) with a two-year delay raised suspicions that the number of citizens who died due to the coronavirus pandemic may be much higher than the announced figures. by the Ministry of Health.

Thus, while the number of deaths throughout the country was 435,941 in 2019, it increased by 16.5% in 2020 to 507,938. This number increased by 11.4% in 2021 to 565,594.

In 2020 and 2021, when the epidemic was effective, the total number of additional deaths compared to 2019 was 201,650.

According to TUIK data, the number of deaths from COVID-19 was 22,136 for 2020, 65,198 for 2021, a total of 87,334 for two years.

The Ministry of Health, for its part, announced that the number of deaths from COVID-19 is 82,286 as of December 31, 2021.

The proportion of covid-19 in total deaths increased from 4.4% in 2020 to 11.5% in 2021.

Source: TURKSTAT

EXTRA DEATHS EXCEED 201 THOUSAND, SOME DUE TO COVID

Speaking to Sozcu.com.tr, the president of the Mersin Medical Chamber, public health specialist Dr. Nasır Nesanır said: “The Ministry of Health announced 20,881 deaths in 2020 and 61,480 deaths from Covid-19. in 2021. When we look at the TurkStat total deaths during the epidemic period today, it is seen that the total number of additional deaths in 2020 and 2021 exceeded 201 thousand compared to 2019.

Stating that some of these additional deaths are due to Covid-19, while others are due to inability to access health services, Nesanır said: “This is actually an indication that the health transformation program collapsed and an epidemic process is being managed without success.” .”

TTB: WE SAID 3 MORE TIMES, TURKSTAT CONFIRMED

Turkish Medical Association (TTB) Pandemic Working Group member Güçlü Yaman said that when “additional deaths” calculated on deaths from all causes during the epidemic period are considered, the increase in total deaths is 3 times higher than the number of deaths from Covid-19. announced by the Ministry of Health.

Stating that the ‘additional deaths’ have been much higher than the official deaths from COVID-19 since the beginning of the epidemic, Yaman said: “This confirms the discussion that we have continued for three years. We as TTB have shown many times with data that the actual number of deaths from COVID-19 is much higher, and the deaths from epidemics are manipulated, and the actual number of deaths is at least 3.5 times than announced.

GREAT INCREASE IN DEATHS FROM PNEURURES

The number of deaths from pneumonia (pneumonia) was 85 thousand 580 in 2020-2021.

In the previous two years, this number was 46,704.

During the pandemic period, a significant part of the additional 200,000 deaths compared to 2019, except for Covid19, was announced in the pneumonia realm.

‘70% of additional deaths are not included’

Emphasizing that only 30 percent of the additional deaths in Turkey are included in the deaths caused by COVID-19, Yaman noted that 70 percent of them are not disclosed.

Yaman also recalled that Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, at a press conference in 2021, noted that deaths from the epidemic were much higher than announced, saying: “The Minister actually confessed in some way. However, I think it was deliberate that this data, which should be released in June, was released at a time when thousands of our people died from the earthquake.

264 thousand 41 PEOPLE ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

According to the scientific method developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to estimate the actual number of people who lost their lives due to COVID-19, the number of people who lost their lives due to the epidemic in Turkey in 2020 and 2021 it was estimated at 264 thousand 41.

In other words, the difference between the WHO and the Ministry of Health was 181,755 people.

TTB, on the other hand, made the following statement on this issue: “These figures shared by the WHO unfortunately confirm the view that the actual TTB death figures are approximately 3 times the official data from the ministry.”