Maybe, but one would think 1 million Covid deaths fed rather more.
It did, but then, certain other disease dried up as far as death.
So is the count suspect.
I can tell stories of how the counts are poor - pro and con. It’s not clear how counts are made. And I have medical connections…including my niece who was in the Hopkins COVID unit for a solid year from when it started.
As it is, we’ve passed the 2-year mark yet did not reach the minimum level to be equivalent to the Spanish Influenza. Yes we have advantages, but that’s only going by minimum estimates from the Spanish Flu. Using higher estimates this is a piker.
It’s sad, but it still was no reason to uproot our entire society for.