” Della and Alpha killed 850000 people in the US.” No, the failure of the Biden administration to make FDA EUA approved monoclonal antibodies well known ( advertising budget for vaccines vs. monoclonals) and readily available killed many of those, likely dwarfing the 150 k cited as vaccine deaths. I agree the pre-vaccine experience was horrific in killing off the very vulnerable population, whose average age of death is higher than the US average age of death.
Also, BTW , your estimate of 5 % of NYers died, .05 x 8,000,000 is 400,000, so that’s a Sotomoyor-esque statement, so again I sympathize with that you’ve run around with that frightening number in your head for two years.