COVID By The Numbers

Significant food for thought, if you haven't already. 
 
I found these numbers interesting.

As reported by the CDC ... Here are the US deaths by year and the change from the previous year.

Year 2017:    2,818,503 Americans died

Year 2018:   2,839,205 deaths (20,702 more than the previous year 2017)

Year 2019:   2,855,000 deaths (16,300 more than the previous year 2018)

The year of the pandemic ...

Year 2020:   2,913,144 deaths (57,641 more than the previous year 2019)

BUT WAIT: There were zero deaths from Covid-19 during 2018, and 2019 and the jump from 2019 was only 57,641 ?

I've been told that COVID is responsible now for 500,000 + deaths.  Shouldn't the 2020 number be a hell of a lot higher?

So the question becomes: How many people died of COVID and How many died (of other causes) WITH COVID?