The absolute numbers are actually a pretty good rebuttal to a comment that says "never". If you want to talk about it as a rate that's fine, but the pre-vaccin

The absolute numbers are actually a pretty good rebuttal to a comment that says "never". If you want to talk about it as a rate that's fine, but the pre-vaccine risk of dying from covid for a healthy person in their 40s or 50s was probably comparable to their lifetime risk of dying in a vehicular collision, it's not a small thing.