> Something like 5 million people die every year, should we be in permanent mourning?

That gives truth to Benjamin Disraeli's (attributed) "Lies, damn lies, and statistics". Very misleading.

It was the concentrated effects.

When bottled oxygen ran out in India.

When you could not get into a hospital in many American cities (my American geography is hazy - South Los Angeles hospital, I think, was crippled for weeks)

Running out of morgue space in New York city - mass graves in central park.

It was really very scary, and I am glad I was not in any of those places badly hit.

I know you're trolling, but I'll respond. Part of growing up and moving from just a mere legally-licensed adult is being able to hold heavy things. They never stop getting heavier. They just keep unfolding, and if you are willing to grow just a little deeper--not bigger, but deeper, like the roots of you being able to feel things, then maybe all that learning to deal with loss, tragedies, loved ones dying, aging, your parents and uncles and cousins and friends dying--and yet not letting it destroy you, might be worth something. Though, for a moment, you can be devastated on the inside and hold yourself up without breaking. You don't need to cry your eyes out every day, but man, what the hell if we can't reflect on such a grievous time that has befallen us--all of us--over the past two years, without clawing someone else's face off or storming off in a huff. But if you need to feel not bothered at all, go ahead, you aren't the subject of this one.

> Something like 5 million people die every year,

Then why do we mount anything at all, death count of all terrorist attacks and shooting combined is insignificant

It's about 52 Million. Or 144k per day.

It's always fun to look back at how wrong people are about the future. It's almost happening in real time these days.

That's not what the likes of the poster you reply to want. They want you to be in permanent acceptance of whatever agenda they support with their virtue signalling.