You say, "it is merely that it appears impossible to detect any such effect in the data that the Office for National Statistics released.". This is a point that has been made before I'm sure, but if you look at the age range 14-44 in the ONS statistics, between the start of January and 17th September, the deaths in 2021 are 11890 and in 2020 were 10728, with the 10 year average of the same period being in the years 2010-19 being 10667. The 2020 figure is close to the 10 year average but the 2021 figure is over 10% higher. Obviously there may be many reasons for the increase in 1162 in the deaths in that period between 2020 and 2021, but a rise of over 10% of the average for the previous 10 years, does demand an investigation and an explanation. There is also a rise of 2391 between 2021 and 2020 in the age group 45-64, However this latter age group is obviously more vulnerable to Covid-19, and while the 2021 figure was 20% higher than the 10 year average, the 2020 figure was not far behind at 16%..
You say, "it is merely that it appears impossible to detect any such effect in the data that the Office for National Statistics released.". This is a point that has been made before I'm sure, but if you look at the age range 14-44 in the ONS statistics, between the start of January and 17th September, the deaths in 2021 are 11890 and in 2020 were 10728, with the 10 year average of the same period being in the years 2010-19 being 10667. The 2020 figure is close to the 10 year average but the 2021 figure is over 10% higher. Obviously there may be many reasons for the increase in 1162 in the deaths in that period between 2020 and 2021, but a rise of over 10% of the average for the previous 10 years, does demand an investigation and an explanation. There is also a rise of 2391 between 2021 and 2020 in the age group 45-64, However this latter age group is obviously more vulnerable to Covid-19, and while the 2021 figure was 20% higher than the 10 year average, the 2020 figure was not far behind at 16%..
This set seems to understate England's entire population by 9-10 million - I find this fishy.