I never heard any source in the last 2.5 years ever claim is was an "extinction event". Don't know where you're coming up with that definition.Even your graph doesn't show a million additional deaths. Looks like deaths go from 2.8 million in 2019 to 3.4 million in 2020, so an extra 600k or ~20% bump.
Yet in a nation of 330 million, that's about 0.2% of the population.
So as I said, significant, but not an extinction event.
And let's be clear, I never said it was insignificant. I said the very opposite, that it was significant, but not the extinction event the breathless coverage made it out to be.
One last thing, it will be interesting to see if follow on year deaths drop BELOW the 2.8 million figure as given that 85% of the deaths were in the over 65 years old cohort, did we "front load" deaths from COVID and will see fewer deaths in following years because of this?
Again, significant, but not an extinction event.
Context is important. About the same number as had died from heart disease during the same time period.
I don't want to derail the thread, so perhaps we should just end this here.
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