Cigarettes are available to every adult. Imagine if every adult in Japan was exposed to covid before vaccinations. Use that number of estimated deaths, not 17k.

Cigarettes are available to every adult. Imagine if every adult in Japan was exposed to covid before vaccinations. Use that number of estimated deaths, not 17k. Why do people always use real death numbers after all the lockdowns, masking and social distancing is applied, for comparison to other death causes, including flu? It's extremely misleading. Death toll would be way higher than 17k especially with the more older population in Japan compared to other countries. Not to mention hospital overcrowding leading to higher fatality rates compared to now and even highet non covid deaths due to lack of emergency medical care.