First, the data source for the article is from 2019, so neither the recent vaccine situation or COVID-19 would be represented in the data set. Second, your comm

First, the data source for the article is from 2019, so neither the recent vaccine situation or COVID-19 would be represented in the data set. Second, your comment is needlessly narrow and focuses on the vaccines being a potential cause, ignoring a wealth of evidence that the virus itself causes notably worse outcomes than the vaccine does.