Alarmingly, these excess deaths are affecting YOUNG people, not the old

THIS IS TRAGIC: 158,000 more Americans died in the first nine months of 2023 compared to the same period in 2019, surpassing all American fatalities in every war since Vietnam.

Alarmingly, these excess deaths are affecting YOUNG people, not the old.

Dr. Pierre Kory wrote in an op-ed published on The Hill:

"For people 65 and over, deaths in the second quarter of 2023 were 6 percent below the pre-pandemic norm, according to a new report from the Society of Actuaries.

"Mortality was 26 percent higher among insured 35-to-44-year-olds, and 19 percent higher for 25-to-34-year-olds, continuing a death spike that peaked in the third quarter of 2021 at a staggering 101 percent and 79 percent above normal, respectively."

What happened in the third quarter of 2021?