probably a big mess because everyone has different criteria for determining a covid deathvs a non-covid death
only thing that is clear is we are very far from:
12 Mar 2019: Fortune: Another Flu Pandemic Is Inevitable, World Health Organization Says
By Renae Reints
WHO estimates there are 1 billion cases of influenza around the world each year, with 290,000 to 650,000 influenza-related respiratory deaths...
https://fortune.com/2019/03/11/flu-pandemic-influenza-who/
never a lockdown, or even talk of a lockdown, though!
still, it reminds us how ridiculous it is to continually quote number of “cases”. for all we know, there could just as easily be 500 million covid cases worldwide at present, instead of 5 million. pointless to sweat over any of it.