# Denis Rancourt Early on - focus on cases, no questioning of relative change in mortality. ## First Paper - All Cause Mortality - Announced "mass-homicide" - Response contrary to standards for protecting the vulnerable/fragile - Vulnerable killed off in certain jurisdictions (NY) ### Canada Deaths quickly occurred but then went down below the norm, because of a lack of vulnerable people ### Disparity Different trends in each jurisdiction. Not indicative of a viral pandemic. ## US Study Everything different from one state to the next