You either refuse to or just flat out can't read. I prefaced my post that I didn't do the research nor had I checked it. And I'm not an expert on world population numbers.
I think the author isn't trying to make the point no one died, he's trying to make the point that the entire world freaked out and locked down but on the bigger scale the impact wasn't as severe as the reaction. He noticed people weren't dropping dead around him and started to ask questions.
And I wouldn't use our death numbers as proof of anything - going back to when we used to hear from Dr. Birx we were told any death WITH Covid was counted as a Covid death. We know now hospitals get financial incentives for Covid deaths. Guy is critically injured in a car wreck? Well test him he might have Covid. And why not? We'd all do the same, hospitals need money to operate. That's not to say we didn't lose hundreds of thousands of people. Clearly we did. I just don't think we're the worst in the world at fighting this.
Now, back to the article. Here is the "source" material for the paragraphs I copied and pasted. It's a blog post from a 21 year Canadian Mountie who's being forced out because he won't get the shot(s), not a policy document. I think I made it clear I got it from a substack post. I never said it was gospel, just an interesting perspective.
"I've served in the RCMP for 21 years and one of the first things I said to any person I ever arrested was 'you don't have to say anything to me.' Unfortunately, our government has told me that I have to tell them what's in my body, and if
factnest.com
You said you found "the exact same data" and it listed 2022 which proved you count world pop numbers at the beginning of a year not the end. That's really odd, because I found this data which matches to the number and it doesn't, it stops at 2020. Care to post a link to what you found? Note that the numbers in my link are EXACTLY the same as his.
Population growth through history from 5000 BC to the current year (2024) for the entire population of the world
www.worldometers.info
Now, for the death data. Scroll down to the deaths chart. Move your little cursor over to the corresponding year (2018, 2019 and 2020) and what do you know...it's exactly the same numbers the author used. Shocker, I know. I'm shook too.
Changes in the world population are determined by two metrics: the number of babies born and the number of people dying.
ourworldindata.org
I'm not saying you have to agree or disagree with any conclusion he made, but I find it interesting I spent 10 minutes on Google and proved you're likely totally FOS. The numbers are easy to find and estimates from non-biased sources. I'm sure if I took the time I'd discover that the author indeed can divide two numbers, and we did see no change in overall death rate for three years starting in 2018. If that's meaningless to you feel free to move on and ignore it. Or read his post and perhaps consider an alternative position. Or simply reply and tell me you're done with all of this for the 8th time, I honestly couldn't care less.
Assuming you wouldn't dare read this man's opinion for fear your head might explode, I'll copy one more paragraph in the hopes you'll read it. I think it sums up how so many of the people that disagree with your blind acceptance feel.
"Before I go, let me say this. Don’t be afraid. The government, and their mouthpieces in the mainstream media, have promoted a nonstop campaign of fear for almost 2 years now. Turn off your television and radios. Do your own research and question everything. Knowledge begins with asking questions. With each new variant, they will try and frighten you, despite the fact that never in the history of virology has a virus ever mutated to become more deadly. Selective pressures always favour a more contagious, but less deadly mutation. The new “scariant” is Omicron. They don’t tell you that they skipped Mu and Xi in the Greek alphabet. Why? Because Mu or Xi just don’t sound scary. When you hear some braindead parrot repeat the talking point “trust the science,” politely ask them to provide a definition of science. They never can because they don’t know. What they are really saying, but are too stupid to realize, is that they are saying “trust authority and don’t ask questions.” This, my friends, is the antithesis of science."