People think there were a lot of COVID deaths from the beginning. We know this is not true and was orchestrated by various means.
Read this current article - Hospitals lied about Cause of Death to create illusion of COVID Pandemic - published 18 January 2023. A former NHS Director detailed how this was being done in the UK. Take the time to read his entire testimonial about what went on in UK hospitals to manipulate both the data and fear in relation to the alleged COVID pandemic.

Undoubtedly, replication of the same or like occurred in other countries. The former Director’s story is quite comprehensive covering the change to reporting in advance of the COVID outbreak and different aspects of the COVID narrative.
“Hospitals were incentivised to report covid-19 deaths over normal deaths, as the government was paying hospitals additional money for every covid-19 death that was being reported...”
https://twitter.com/TheOriginalSai/status/1614332319111970816
The NHS Director's Twitter thread on this can be found here.
A PDF of same can be accessed here.