evidence: The takeaway is that the coronavirus killed more Americans in the past year than any cause of death in 2019, other than heart disease and cancer. And if the University of Washington model proves accurate, then by June, the 15-month toll from the coronavirus will be close to matching the annual number of deaths from cancer. All other causes of death pale in comparison to the coronavirus death toll so far. So far, the coronavirus has killed roughly three times as many people as accidents, or lung ailments, or stroke or Alzheimer’s disease did in 2019. And the coronavirus has outpaced the number of deaths from diabetes, kidney disease, pneumonia and suicide by even larger multiples. [...] Excess U.S. deaths per week since the emergence of COVID-19