Yup. If we are tracking Italy we’re on course to wind up in the low six-figures. No way to look at Italian numbers and view 2.2 million as anything but B.S.
Not that losing 100K lives isn’t tragic.
That could vary greatly though depending on how the experimental drug therapies work out.
2.2 million is the “do nothing, it’s just the flu” scenario. The US is obviously not going down that path, nor any country except maybe Brazil. Sweden may be taking the best approach with no forced shutdowns, but voluntary social distancing.