[Texas Fossil]

Well, 40% increase in death rate of any group is huge.

It did not say that 40% of their policy holders died. It said the death “rate” compared to normal rate increased by 40%.

I have no idea what the annual US death rate (as a percentage of population) is.

[Steve_Seattle]

"I have no idea what the annual US death rate (as a percentage of population) is."

I looked it up a couple of months ago, and in the US the annual death rate is about .8% in recent years - between 2.6 and 2.8 million people, pre-Covid. A 40% increase would be more than a million extra deaths.