While I understand the need to compare and get a handle on the stats, apples with apples is the best way to go.
Bit like Scomo's 99.9% success BS. EVERY case of community transmission is a quarantine escapee.
Here is two years of pre-COVID data. Actual numbers.
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In 15 months the US has had 528k deaths from COVID (if you believe the numbers)
In the last 12 months this has been at least 450,000.
This puts COVID up there at around 15% but the numbers will change as many that might have died from heart disease, etc now become a COVID stat.
Probably absorbed 10% of the chronic lower respiratory disease cases (100% of those that caught COVID) as the US infection rate has been around 10%.
This is why my earlier post refers to how information is presented. The biggest issue is whether the information can be trusted, like US job stats.
