I think this depends on the disease. Some diseases impact the young more than the old. The calculus required to compare age adjusted deaths by the demographic c

I think this depends on the disease. Some diseases impact the young more than the old. The calculus required to compare age adjusted deaths by the demographic curve of mortality by pathogen is probably complex. But I would also note that when you are dying or your loved ones die waving age or obesity adjustments to claim it’s not that bad doesn’t work very well. 1.1m deaths is still 10x more, and even on a per capita, it’s still 5x greater net “mourning.” Whether the same pathogen would have been worse in one decade vs another I think is sort of irrelevant. The public health goal is the reduce mortality over all. (N.b., I recognize you probably didn’t mean to minimize anyone’s loss - but I am trying to make the point that demographic analysis might or might not be explanatory of the severity of 2020, it doesn’t make 2020 any less severe)