@nonoise,
You need to distinguish between infections and death rates. There is quite a difference. Billions catch colds each year, but billions don’t die from it, do they?
Billions do die from old age, cancer, heart disease and diabetes and starvation, but they aren’t so easy to use as political weapons are they?
And what’s the point of mentioning the plague? Do you think this is on the same scale? Really?
As I said the average age of Covid death is 82.4. Is it not clear that Covid is not the sole killer in these unfortunate cases?
Various co-morbidities brought on by age and declining health are the main contributing factors - not Covid 19.
Besides, testing and recording death rates are far from accurate. Remember when Elon Musk tested positive and negative 4 times in just one day.
Not saying Covid should be ignored but distancing and hygiene should be just as effective as the economic disaster of the lockdowns. The economic disaster that will affect billions worldwide and not just 0.01% of the population.
Billions who may not have the economic comfort and safety net that you might enjoy.