I read somewhere (Reuters, I think) that there were 915 "covid-related" deaths in Australia out of a population of 25.36 million. That would be about 0.004% or 4 thousandths of one percent. That seems pretty small and I wondered what pre-covid flu deaths stats were like and I found this in
ASPI:
It’s hard to come by data on the number of virus-related deaths in Australia pre-Covid, other than those related to influenza and pneumonia. In 2010
there were 2,373 deaths, in 2014, 2,879 deaths and in 2019, 4,124 deaths.
What am I missing here? It seems like earlier years were far worse. Were there lockdowns and masking in prior years? If not, why all the drama this time?