thing that hit me most in this article (https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/covid-lulls-arent-being-earned-by) is that last year's number of covid deaths in the USA* were significantly higher than the worst deaths in a single peak year** from each of polio, pertussis, mumps, measles, and diptheria added together. all diseases which the government regarded as deadly enough to warrant eradication.
*even going by only officially reported numbers, which are likely an underestimate
**even when adjusted for population increase
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