A UK epidemiologist says the spike in excess deaths in England and Wales is “worrying,” though she doesn’t know what’s causing it.

“The continuing trend of higher numbers of deaths in England and Wales than expected (compared with previous years), apparent since the spring, is worrying,” said Veena Raleigh, as reported by the Telegraph.

Excess deaths occur when the number of fatalities seems higher than usual compared to historical averages.

Excess deaths due to COVID-19 have dropped since 2020, but non-COVID excess deaths are surging. 

“There were more deaths than expected from non-Covid causes. This contrasts with most of the pandemic period, when non-Covid deaths were lower than expected,” said Cobus Daneel, who chairs the Institute of Actuaries Continuous Mortality Investigation in the UK. 

The Telegraph further reports that from April to October 2022, only a third of 30,000 excess deaths were due to COVID.

Some authorities say the spikes result from population changes, delayed hospital visits, and COVID.

But others have questioned if it’s in any way possible that the experimental COVID vaccines could be related.

Two weeks ago, Romanian politician Cristian Terhes voiced this concern at the EU parliament. He said the spike in excess deaths in Europe correlates with the countries with the highest vaccination rates.

“In the month of July, the excess death all across the EU went up 16% more than the average of 2016-2019,” he said.

“If you look on this map you will see the countries with the highest vaccination rate have right now the highest mortality rate. So obviously, we ask is there a connection between being vaccinated and having a higher mortality rate,” Terhes continued.

“Everybody’s avoiding this – I would say – logical question,” he said.

In July, Alberta reported an exponential growth in “unknown cause” deaths in Canada in 2021.