My thoughts? Well, since you asked:
1. What we know for certain, undeniable and irrefutable facts: It kills people. Aside from that I'm not sure we KNOW anything for sure. Lotsa theories, lotsa ideas, lotsa hopes but little definitive information. Tin-Foil hat wearing folks aside (and who knows, maybe they'll be proven right in the end) it's a lot of conjecture.
2. Statistics and Testing: Anytime a testing diagnosis is monetized, may as well throw accuracy out the window. Throw in the inaccuracy of testing itself and, well, who knows what the real story is. To wit:
OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Epidemiologists with the Washington State Department of Health believe COVID-19-related deaths are likely being undercounted in Washington.
"We currently do have some deaths that are being reported that are clearly from other causes. We have about 5 deaths less than 5 deaths that we know of that are related to obvious other causes. In this case, they are from gunshot wounds," Hutchison said.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Browns reopened their building on Sunday and practice was back on at 3 p.m. after it was determined that all of their double-digit positive COVID-19 tests from Saturday were false positives.
If an organization (NFL) w/ large profits at stake can't even get consistent, accurate testing while under the microscope given all the access and resources they have at their disposal, it certainly calls some things into question.
Are the stats under-reported or over-reported? Who knows, I sure don't but it does raise an eyebrow in either case. Unfortunately, you have to rely on (your chosen) media source for information, an institution that has also been 'occasionally' exposed as somewhat less-than objective and/or accurate...whatever their leaning may be.
Aside from the tragic deaths brought about by COVID, the side effect has been the exposure of significant members of society as selfish, self-righteous and self-indulgent, folks who can't get past or put aside their own opinions in deference to the feelings of others who do not share those views or are just plain too scared to form any concrete views yet who still prefer to err on the side of caution, warranted or not. And that group may very well include myself at times, I have no illusion that many of my thoughts and actions are not driven by self-interest...."Know Thyself..." and all.
The Greatest Generation, those folks who at the age 20 and under, willingly faced the horrors of war in Europe and the Pacific with little complaint, protest or question would likely hang their head in shame at what some today consider an inalienable right to be an a**hat despite how it affects others around them.
Those who study these types of things are gonna have a field day when (or if) we come out the other side of this; hopefully we will but Mother Nature is a cruel teacher and at the end of the day, w/ regard to life as a whole (even in the best of times), nobody gets out alive.
So, what I *think* about COVID-19 is many things, what I *KNOW* about COVID-19 is nothing and I'm guessing I'm not alone. I am quite blessed to have been, as of yet, only slightly inconvenienced by COVID but am also aware that could change in the blink of an eye....and there's really not that much I can do about it.