At one point, there were so many people dying some areas, that the dead had to be kept on ice until someone could come pick them up from their families homes. O

At one point, there were so many people dying some areas, that the dead had to be kept on ice until someone could come pick them up from their families homes. Obviously this happened in low income areas more than elsewhere. Many people died, and were buried without a funeral or wake. Many people couldn't even visit their dying family members, and had to make do with video calls to their loved ones, all alone and hooked up to machinery as they passed on. This was definitely a traumatic event. Looking at annual numbers glosses over most of the horror and shock of it. No wonder the Economists don't get it.