I don't the the OP is 'trying to prove' anything, other than to demonstrate the magnitude of issues and concerns.

Furthermore - the fact that suicide-by-opiates has spiked, and is killing significantly more than those from COVID is actually fairly material.

"The lack of people dying from ebola doesn't justify not containing ebola."

It certainly does if the treatment for ebola is toxic, and more likely to kill you than ebola.

So while we don't want to entertain antivax/anticovid conspiracy ... at the same time our choices do affect outcomes in a lot of ways. 25% of Americans are having difficulty making rent right now, we can't discount these things.