My brain kind of hurts trying to think about this.

It seems A LOT of people are 'done' with COVID now - and states, including California are going to loosen a lot of restrictions soon.

But I looked at the numbers in the U.S. and it said May 20th,2021 had 654 Covid-19 deaths reported.

So if that number stays steady then it's about 20,000 dead a month from now - or 147,150 more this year.

Even if death rates goes down to half of what it is today that's still 75,000-100,000 more deaths this year in the U.S. At 25% today's rate it's still 37,500 dead by the end of the year.

2018 had 34,000 dead from flu. 47,000 suicides. 150,000 from strokes.

Will Covid-19 continue to kill so many Americans?

Will people just find it acceptable? What is the 'acceptable' number??

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