@jeffcliff @BowsacNoodle From the Lancet..."However, even in countries with complete vital registration systems, it is difficult to accurately define the cause of death in individuals who present with multiple morbidities. Excess all-cause mortality (the difference between the observed and expected number of deaths in non-pandemic years) has therefore been used to quantify the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.10 Although the exact contribution of COVID-19 to excess mortality is unknown, the strong temporal correlation observed globally between reported COVID-19 mortality and excess mortality provides evidence that excess mortality is an informative indicator of pandemic-related mortality."

Well, there's no latitude of interpretation there, now is there?

Point being that the goal of the study is unattainable. You could take the very same data set they used to"prove" the vax saved lives and produce a study "proving" the vax killed a high percentage of the people who took it. And, although the Lancet retracted a study they published showing just that, it was published for a brief time.