For context, Covid is the #1 cause of death among all infectious diseases, in the US. Covid also currently ranks #3 for all causes of death, right behind heart disease and cancer (JAMA, "Leading causes of death in the US for 2020").
I would say that is serious, but there is definitely a lot of hysteria going around as well.
For additional context, here is the USA per capita mortality every year of the past 5 years, which is following the same trend for the decade :
2016 : 8.5 /k
2017 : 8.6 /k
2018 : 8.7 /k
2019 : 8.8 /k
2020 : 8.9 / k
Yes it killed people. Overwhelmingly people who were going to die soon of another of their comorbidities or from another infectious disease that rarely kills anyone that is not two steps from the door out.
That's one lame pandemic, but one hell of a mass hysteria.
For context, Covid is the #1 cause of death among all infectious diseases, in the US. Covid also currently ranks #3 for all causes of death, right behind heart disease and cancer (JAMA, "Leading causes of death in the US for 2020").
I would say that is serious, but there is definitely a lot of hysteria going around as well.
For additional context, here is the USA per capita mortality every year of the past 5 years, which is following the same trend for the decade :
2016 : 8.5 /k
2017 : 8.6 /k
2018 : 8.7 /k
2019 : 8.8 /k
2020 : 8.9 / k
Yes it killed people. Overwhelmingly people who were going to die soon of another of their comorbidities or from another infectious disease that rarely kills anyone that is not two steps from the door out.
That's one lame pandemic, but one hell of a mass hysteria.
how many of those dead were already on the way out?
Fatties and boomers, primarily. A godsend
There are infectious diseases that aren't classified as Peking Pertussis?
Goddamn everything is being counted as Covid.