“Excess deaths” is the best metric for tracking the pandemic

Excess deaths associated with covid-19 pandemic in 2020: age and sex disaggregated time series analysis in 29 high income countries

(2021) Nazrul Islam et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Long covid—mechanisms, risk factors, and management

(2021) Harry Crook et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Effect of the covid-19 pandemic in 2020 on life expectancy across populations in the USA and other high income countries: simulations of provisional mortality data

(2021) Steven H Woolf et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Disparities in Excess Mortality Associated with COVID-19 — United States, 2020

(2021) Lauren M. Rossen et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Under-reporting of deaths limits our understanding of true burden of covid-19

(2021) Charles Whittaker et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Global impact of COVID-19 pandemic on road traffic collisions

(2021) Yasin J. Yasin et al.   World Journal of Emergency Surgery

Critical Supply Shortages — The Need for Ventilators and Personal Protective Equipment during the Covid-19 Pandemic

(2020) Megan L. Ranney et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

COVID-19 lockdowns cause global air pollution declines

(2020) Zander S. Venter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Physical distancing interventions and incidence of coronavirus disease 2019: natural experiment in 149 countries

(2020) Nazrul Islam et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Excess mortality: the gold standard in measuring the impact of COVID-19 worldwide?

(2020) Thomas Beaney et al.   JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE