📰 🔸 COVID-19 MAY LEAD TO LONGEST PERIOD OF PEACETIME EXCESS MORTALITY, SAYS NEW SWISS RE REPORT • Report suggests potential excess mortality in the general population of up to 3% for the US by 2033 and 2.5% in the UK, the longest period of elevated peacetime excess mortality in the US • Key driver of excess mortality is the lingering impact of COVID-19; both as a direct cause of death, and as a contributor to cardiovascular mortality