Cause Unknown - Ed Dowd Apr 2026

: Experts from the CDC and various medical journals attribute the 2021 excess deaths to the spread of highly contagious variants like Delta and Omicron , which caused significant mortality even in younger groups.

: Studies published in JAMA Network and by the CDC indicate that excess all-cause mortality was actually higher in the least-vaccinated U.S. states compared to the most-vaccinated states during this period. Cause Unknown - Ed Dowd

Published in 2022 by Skyhorse Publishing in partnership with Children’s Health Defense, this book argues that there was an unprecedented and unexplained surge in excess mortality among young and working-age people starting in 2021. Edward Dowd, a former BlackRock portfolio manager, uses his background in financial pattern recognition to analyze actuarial and insurance data. : Experts from the CDC and various medical