Was The Number Of COVID Deaths Greatly Exaggerated?

Conservatives have been very sympathetic to an affirmative answer for...well, since just about the beginning of the thing. I think there's a decent chance they're right. The ascendant pomo left has a strong tendency to become hysterical--especially when there's political benefit to be had by it. Conservatives have acted similarly (see e.g. WMD hysteria). So there's some both-sides-i-ness if that's your thing.