It's likely an overcount; still not insignificant, but nowhere near the insanity we've endured over it. I wrote about this two years ago and I think it's pretty much come true. COVID is a disease, but the reaction to COVID is also a disease:
https://battlepenguin.com/philosophy/covid-19-is-two-diseases/
The secondary effects from all the useless measures has caused more death and destruction than the virus:
https://battlepenguin.com/politics/secondary-effects/
and finally, we were never in this together:
https://battlepenguin.com/philosophy/we-were-never-in-this-together-but-you-are-not-alone/
About 55 million people die worldwide every year. I wonder just how many years will be added when counting the number of people who died while being COVID positive.