A tax holiday would be a good idea.

I think you could be right there. Just after Christmas, maybe the end of January I and many others had an annoying flu like is worth a dry cough. I noticed it more because I had to take my inhaler which I rarely do. It took a good couple of weeks to shift. So it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of us have had it. That would explain the death rate but also bring the percentage death rate down making it less scary.