As mentioned, previous data has been found incorrect because of inaccurate testing and fraudulent reporting (listing covid as cause of death when patients weren’t tested for covid &/or had life-threatening pre-existing health problems).
Another important consideration is covid is statistically LESS fatal than seasonal flu. Based on USC study findings, mortality risk for covid for most is about 0.025%.
Seasonal flu mortality risk is about 0.095%, though some years flu rates have been higher without quarantine: “Influenza and pneumonia are among the leading causes of death in the United States, accounting for around 2 percent of all deaths in 2017.”
“Department of Public Health on Monday released preliminary results from a collaborative scientific study that suggests infections from the new coronavirus are far more widespread — and the fatality rate much lower — in L.A. County than previously thought...”
https://news.usc.edu/168987/antibody-te ... es-county/
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/the-flu ... virus.html
https://www.statista.com/statistics/184 ... ince-1950/
COVID-19 Lethality Not Much Different Than Flu, Says New Study
Possible really good news from a population screening antibody test study in Santa Clara County, California
https://reason.com/2020/04/17/covid-19- ... new-study/