We are comparing raw numbers of population from the 1800s? And they didn't think to show the numbers as percentage of population? DO they not know how statistic work?
1) Galveston Hurricane (in 1900) — 8,000 of 76.09 mil
2) Battle of Antietam (1862) — 3,675 of 31,443,324
3) Battle of Gettysburg (1863) — 3,155 of 31,443,324
4) This Thursday - 3,067 of 330.53 mil
5) This Wednesday - 3,054 of 330.53 mil
6) September 11 (2001) — 2,977 284.97 mil
7) Last Thursday — 2,879 of 330.53 mil
8) Last Wednesday — 2,804 of 330.53 mil
9) This Friday - 2,749 of 330.53 mil
10) This Tuesday - 2,622 of 330.53 mil
11) Last Friday — 2,607 of 330.53 mil
12) Last Tuesday — 2,597 of 330.53 mil
13) Today - 2,477 of 330.53 mil
14) Last Saturday - 2,445 of 330.53 mil
15) Pearl Harbor (1941) — 2,403 of 133.40 mil
1) Galveston Hurricane (in 1900) | .000105%
2) Battle of Antietam (1862) | .0001168%
3) Battle of Gettysburg (1863) | .0001003%
4) This Thursday | .0000092%
5) This Wednesday | .0000092%
6) September 11 (2001) | .0000104%
7) Last Thursday | .0000086%
8) Last Wednesday | .0000084&
9) This Friday | .0000083%
10) This Tuesday | .0000079%
11) Last Friday | .0000078%
12) Last Tuesday | .0000078%
13) Today | .0000074%
14) Last Saturday | .0000073%
15) Pearl Harbor (1941) | .0000072%
See the problems with this analysis? The dates are too far apart, the numbers are actually meaningless. We have so many people, and the number is expanding, the number dying each day will obviously start to equal the worst days in the past. This is a bad analysis. It is bad hype.
Now, a useful look would be how many people are dying each day compared to last year, or the yearly death rate, which has been going up year over year about 2.1%, has that changed this year? The answered according to a study posted on John Hopkins says the death rate has gone up the same amount as previous years.
Strangely, this has been fact checked to say since he didn't use raw numbers, it doesn't show the death increases. But a pandemic with 200,000 deaths attributed to it would spike that number, even if only a percentage point. So something gives.