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The data situation currently does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the causes of the deaths. There are There is no evidence that the corona vaccination is responsible for this. ## Facts EuroMOMO is a pan-European mortality surveillance system that excessive Detects and measures deaths related to the flu or pandemics. The database is considered a proven tool. Their data shows that in June 2021 there was no excess mortality in Austria. Statistics Austria transmits the so-called “all-cause” report on a daily basis. Mortality” to EuroMOMO. Week after week, the mortality rate can be measured understand the country. The expected mortality will be in the baseline shown. The “Normal Range” and “Substantial increase” lines indicate until when mortality is still in the normal range and from when it increases is. «The observed deviation of all-cause mortality from the \"Baseline\" is referred to as above or below mortality. The deviations are presented in a standardized way in the form of Z-scores in a report by the Austrian Agency for Food Security (AGES) explained. According to the EuroMOMO definition, a Z-score below two means none according to AGES excess mortality. Between two and four it is low, between four and seven medium and between seven and ten high. From ten it is very high and from 15 it is extremely high - this is the last level. Throughout June 2021, the Z-score did not go above two, so there was even no excess mortality in Austria. An AGES press spokesman also said this the German Press Agency (dpa) upon request. There certainly wasn't one at all a “massive” or “significant” excess mortality, as reported by social media falsely claimed by users. If you compare the number of deaths from Statistics Austria in the Calendar weeks 22 to 26 (week from May 31, 2021 to July 4, 2021). the average of the same calendar weeks from 2016 to 2020 It is already clear that there will be more deaths in Austria in every week of June 2021 than the average of recent years. That alone says it all though not much. In response to a dpa request, a press spokeswoman for Statistics Austria emphasized that June 2021 as a whole was “not really noticeable”. In the Calendar weeks 22 to 26 are the same as in almost all weeks of 2021 - except February/beginning of March - slightly more deaths than average given in the last five years.” The deaths are somewhat higher in the 24th and 25th calendar week (14th to 24th). June 27th), said the spokeswoman. This is also evident at EuroMOMO: In The Z-score was in calendar week 25 (week from June 21, 2021 to June 27, 2021). 1.96, just under two and therefore a low excess mortality. In In calendar week 24 (week from June 14th, 2021 to June 20th, 2021) it was 1.24. This week also saw the first major and long-lasting heat wave Austria, such as data from the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) show. A graphic shows the heat wave between June 16 and June 24. June 2021 clearly visible. The area average of the air temperature was in these Days average six degrees higher than between 1981 and 2010. A connection between heat and the higher deaths in these two So weeks is obvious. In the last four years, for example, there have been – with the exception of 2020 – a heat-associated excess mortality in Austria. This is shown by the Austrian heat mortality monitoring Agency for Food Security (AGES). For the summer of 2021, according to the AGES spokesperson, however, does not yet provide any current evaluations. Statistics Austria also emphasizes that it is still too early to provide information on the Causes of death in 2021: “While the deaths of the Civil status authorities are transmitted digitally to Statistics Austria, We receive information about the cause of death as a handwritten entry on paper forms. (…) These must be pre-sorted, entered, according to WHO Standard coded, plausibility checked and evaluated. Some are too Inquiries with the responsible mortuary examiners and pathologists necessary (…). Therefore, it takes time to compile the cause of death statistics significantly longer than the number of deaths,” explains the spokeswoman. However, there is no evidence that the increased death rates are due to the corona virus. Vaccination could be attributed, as is suspected in social media. Because since When vaccination began at the end of December 2020, there were only 146 deaths in time Proximity to a Covid-19 vaccination reported. In a single case so far seen a connection with the vaccination. This is what the current report says about reports of suspected side effects after Covid-19 vaccinations Federal Office for Safety in the Health Care System (BASG) (period December 27, 2020 – July 9, 2021). In general, the number of deaths was highest in Austria when it was still there There was no corona vaccination at all. The Z-score was in calendar week 47 of Year 2020 at 11.04 and in calendar week 49 of 2020 even at 12, which corresponds to a “very high” excess mortality rate. According to the AGES report the excess mortality in Austria correlated temporally with the exponential increase in SARS-CoV-2 infection cases since calendar week 43. According to a press release from Statistics Austria from the end of June 2021, it fluctuates the number of deaths since mid-May. At the beginning of the year the number was Weekly deaths are still around 2,000 and therefore around 500 Deaths per week are higher than in mid-June, it is said. The number of corona deaths in calendar weeks 22 to 26 was 88. The This shows that hospitalizations fell continuously during the period AGES dashboard. (As of: July 27, 2021) ## Links About the EuroMOMO database (archived) Report by the Austrian Agency for Food Security (AGES) on Excess mortality in Austria (archived) Mortality statistics from EuroMOMO (archived) Deaths in Austria 2016-2021 according to Statistics Austria (Download) (archived) Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG) on temperatures in June 2021 (16\ June archived, 17\ June archived, 18\ June archived, 19\. June archived, 20\. Archived June 21st. Archived June 22nd. June archived, 23\. June archived, 24\. archived June) AGES heat mortality monitoring (archived) Report on reports of suspected side effects after Covid-19 vaccinations Federal Office for Safety in Health Care (BASG) (archived) Press release from Statistics Austria (June 24, 2021) (archived) AGES dashboard on corona deaths and hospitalizations (archived) Facebook posting (archived) Report 24 article (archived) Contact the dpa fact check team: factcheck-oesterreich@dpa.com powered by dpa-newslab | Imprint | Privacy | About:
There was massive excess mortality in Austria in June 2021 This is due to the corona vaccination