I'm not trying to pick on you specifically, but I still dont get what dividing covid deaths by total US population shows other than a small number. There is no context.
I could say that in 2018 there were .00183 people in the US died from cancer. That makes cancer look like a pretty insignificant disease. If I say .183% of people in the US died of cancer in 2018 it looks a little bit more significant, but still quite small.
I'll add some context to help decide if cancer is significant. If I say .211 of all deaths in the US in 2018 were due to cancer that looks more significant than just cancer deaths compared to total population. I could also say that 21.1% of all deaths in 2018 were due to cancer.
So if I express cancer deaths as .0183 people in the US died of cancer in 2018 it doesn't look like a significant issue. If I say 21.1% of all deaths in the US in 2018 were due to cancer then maybe cancer is a significant issue.
What message do I want to share with you all? Cancer is no big deal or cancer is a big deal? I guess it depends which stats I choose to present.
*numbers taken from here:
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm