https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid19/excess_deaths.htm
Count the percentage of excess deaths this month 2.6%. If you calculate for population growth, and remove the blue states that put sick people in old folks homes, then you get less than half a percent.
The death rate is vastly over reported.
In reality the most effective course of action should have been to isolate those susceptible to the mortality (elderly and preexisting morbidity conditions) and went on about our lives.