Yes, those are raw totals without any cause. To infer every death was because of the vaccine is just not sound on any level. I really don't want to get into any debates about the vaccine but I see people cite VAERS data to support this death wave ... and I just don't see it. You might want to check out an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine:

https://perma.cc/A7R6-76PB

I'm not sure if it's based on the same population as the article you reference (similar population numbers) but includes placebo and tracks down causes of death. None related to vaccine or placebo. .