average number of respiratory deaths per year...not something to be "Sneezed At" IMHO...plus there are those survivors with 'Long Term COVID' morbidities...entire hospital systems overwhelmed with highly contagious patients, thus forcing out ALL OTHER treatments for the scores of maladies that people use hospitals, doctors, nurses, etc, for.
You have an extremely shallow understanding of what's going on around you, Curly.
Link: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1191568/reported-deaths-from-covid-by-age-us/