Of Course, *This* Would Happen to the Recent COVID Death Toll Figures by Matt Vespa

Of Course, *This* Would Happen to the Recent COVID Death Toll Figures by Matt Vespa: 

There’s a reason why the media focuses on percentages instead of figures. You can make a slight uptick in deaths into something more horrifying by adding a percentage to it. Deaths from COVID remain low and the survival rate remains above 90+ percent. Nearly 100 million probably already had and recovered from COVID. Another 164 million have been fully vaccinated. We’re in an era of localized outbreaks. But back to the death rate—it’s trash. The figures released last week were grounded in old data (via NY Post):