"... but there's no denying that it reduces the number of deaths from car accidents, street muggings, chicken maulings, etc."
Well, to be fair, we should acknowledge that it was death by an armed chicken. There was a 3-inch blade attached to the rooster's leg, after all. AND, this actually occurred in India, not the U.S. ... BUT, somehow, someway, it won't surprise me if Mr. Satish's death did end up getting counted as a Covid death, here in the States.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence