The ravages of Covid-19

Some still argue that Covid-19 is just some kind of flu.  That is hasn’t had much of an impact. Some even argue that the reports of the number of deaths in the United States from Covid-19 are exaggerated.  The figures that CDC uses as a provisional count are figures that are in the middle.  They are higher than the death certificate reports which trickle in and, therefore are not complete.  They are lower than the difference between the number of deaths each month compared to the typical month of, say, the last three years.  A substantial portion of that difference…

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