See adav8s28's post. 400,000 (COVID deaths in a year) is a lot more than 40,000 (flu deaths in a year).
I'd add that with people staying at home, social distancing, and wearing masks, they were less likely to catch and spread the flu.
Originally Posted by Tiny
Look, I get it. At least you are trying to toss out an anchor on the free floating anxiety, by trying to understand increasing causes of death and that's a good thing.
The list of data you provided earlier on Deaths in the US show a trend line of about 1.6% increase YoY, if I recall correctly, with a hockey stick during the covid. As you mentioned above, "
people staying home" had multiple impacts on people emotionally, medically, spiritually and a whole lot more. Not including the way the whole reporting of causes of death were changed arbitrarily and with a "bounty" to hospitals if they followed the new reporting scam, err uhhh I mean scheme.
Also consider the lock-down impacts on a society that has also incurred a sharp and steadily increasing substance abuse and mental health issues. One could try to ask a better question, such as:
Hey Googlie: diseases of despair
By sure to also try:
Hey Googlie: youtube diseases of despair
You will find a whole lot of info about "
a sharp and steadily increasing substance abuse and mental health issues." even before the covid. Obviously and logically, the lock downs would create an exponential impact on these.
Regarding
"the way the whole reporting of causes of death were changed arbitrarily and with a "bounty" to hospitals if they followed the new reporting scam, err uhhh I mean scheme." I would simply say: