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1 | 2024-06-27 10:15:47 | 2024-06-27 15:35:00 | 2024-06-27 15:29:44 | unlisted | ALBJ4LvRTA7NcNBvH2hAS0-VMoxsaSaP6xXqFVZqXnScB1JtOe0wyTqE8IQAsYwRFEmzSp3p3c31K7x9PKN9_g | We at Our World in Data have been concerned by an article published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on 3 June 2024, entitled _Excess mortality across countries in the Western World since the COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Our World in Data’ estimates of January 2020 to December 2022._ We understand the article is now subject to an [Expression of Concern](https://bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/e000282eoc) and is under investigation by the BMJ’s integrity team and editors. We await the outcome of that investigation. We are concerned that by referring to “‘Our World in Data’ estimates”, the article’s title misattributes the data to us and presents the results as the authors’ original research. While we republished the data, it was produced by Ariel Karlinsky & Dmitry Kobak in their [2021 study](https://elifesciences.org/articles/69336), which we credit prominently. This misattribution is inaccurate and potentially misleading. As an organization that shares data from researchers and highlights their work, we take the rights and recognition of data producers very seriously. We have brought this concern to the attention of the BMJ. We are publishing this statement because the Expression of Concern does not refer to the concern we have raised. In addition, some follow-up press reporting may have implied that the authors found a causal link between COVID-19 vaccination and increased excess mortality during the pandemic. This is unfounded, as the BMJ’s Expression of Concern states: -- Indeed, research has estimated that the COVID-19 vaccination program [prevented 20 million deaths](https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(22)00320-6/fulltext) in its first year alone. We have also written extensively on this topic — [explaining how to properly interpret excess mortality estimates](https://ourworldindata.org/covid-excess-mortality) and showing that [death rates are lower among vaccinated individuals](https://ourworldindata.org/covid-deaths-by-vaccination)**.** If readers would like to explore this subject further, additional examples of our related work that we published in the last few years can be found below. ### Excess mortality during the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) undefined https://ourworldindata.org/excess-mortality-covid ### undefined undefined https://docs.google.com/document/d/10jlQ3AeAbDLEMztLNTunen7yZZ6QFT-TcVOQyyV-MJY/edit ### undefined undefined https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cy2yHPXtywE9K7CWGtU0qNFRx0JAyZhxK5PkuqeW31o/edit ### A pandemic primer on excess mortality statistics and their comparability across countries undefined https://ourworldindata.org/covid-excess-mortality ### Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) topic page undefined https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus | Statement regarding the British Medical Journal article of 3 June 2024 |