I don't trust the numbers too much but I know COVID is real. I think counting all deaths with COVID as COVID deaths is not too accurate (George Floyd had COVID too but he didn't die from that). But, that's still probably the most accurate of the available options. Plus apparently there are all these asymptomatic people. But at least the numbers we have from CDC, Johns Hopkin etc, are based on real cases not guesses so they are reliable in their own way. People on my Facebook friends list have gotten sick/hospitalized with COVID, and several parents, grandparents, and friends of people I know have gotten sick and a couple died.