A very under-appreciated point. Given how hard “with vs. from” is to tease apart, excess mortality is a good way to look at things, eg https://www.theguardian

A very under-appreciated point. Given how hard “with vs. from” is to tease apart, excess mortality is a good way to look at things, eg https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/17/us-excess-deaths-pandemic-cdc https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/17/us-excess-deat... You also need to take into account the fact that that most of the deaths in the US are amongst the unvaccinated (something like 20:1 last I checked) so your personal risk of death, if vaccinated, is very different from the overall death rate.