> Imagine that at every capacity game at Madison square garden (or another sports venue of your choice) 200 people died of covid.
> Every time.
> Now think about that and ask yourself if you might think twice before flying internationally or going to a basketball game.
Yes, in absolute terms, the number of people who have died from COVID is significant.
But your examples use random populations, which is a bit misleading because we know that the vast majority of COVID deaths are in specific populations -- the elderly, the obese, the diabetic.
Of course, some countries have seen far more deaths than others, but the statistics make it pretty clear this is because their populations are older and have more comorbidities.
See https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/04/health/obesity-covid-death-ra...
> In an analysis of data and studies from more than 160 countries, the researchers found that Covid-19 mortality rates increased along with countries' prevalence of obesity. They note that the link persisted even after adjusting for age and national wealth.
> The report found that every country where less than 40% of the population was overweight had a low Covid-19 death rate of no more than 10 people per 100,000.
As the article notes, over two-thirds of Americans are overweight so let's rephrase your question: imagine that you went to a full-capacity game at MSG and the majority of people were overweight (and 40% were obese!). Because that's what America actually looks like.
Maybe we should be thinking about that too?