You're focusing on the hypothetical level. Percentages, probabilities, cohorts. It's all about who would die. It's all an abstract, though useful in making pred

You're focusing on the hypothetical level. Percentages, probabilities, cohorts. It's all about who would die. It's all an abstract, though useful in making predictions. But at this point the results are in. If you want to know if this is a "real" pandemic, just look at the number of people who died and would not have otherwise died.