With apologies to Lorde -:)
Yeah, you would think but the ‘royals’ are still around. :-)
Errors in attribution . . . over or undercounting Covid deaths, can be erased by the gold standard of measurement — Excess Deaths.
This is a comparison of deaths from all causes now to deaths from all causes in the same month averaged over 4 yrs prior to 2020. Adjustment is made for population growth.
Many more people died last year than typical years in the 65+ category. 25% more. This was 5% more than the official Covid death count for those age groups, implying either undercount . . . or more likely, the explosion in fentanyl deaths last year. Regardless, only 5% beyond the Covid count.
If you go look at the relevant page now, you won’t see much. The data is always 4 weeks behind while death counts arrive at the tabulation center. As of now, 85+ looks better, 75-84 looks about same as last year. As does 65-74. The younger ages are worse this year, for some reason.