I estimated that if half the planet caught covid at a 1% mortality rate, we’d be looking at 40 million dead, which is about the death toll from AIDS in four decades crammed into four years.

apologies that i don't have a link saved to source, but recently saw a (credible obv) estimate that the true global death toll now is between 60 +80 million. 2%? +this before the big wave cresting this couple months, which'll doubtless add many more acute+chronic to # whether or not counted😞