Common colds are coronaviruses, but not all coronaviruses are common colds.
The viral agent responsible for the original SARS for example is a coronavirus.
I'm assuming what is being referenced in pic related is Gain Of Function which implies potential genetic manipulation.
The genetic research that I have read suggests that the virus is mutating with each transmission to a less-lethal, more virulent form to remove whatever may have been inserted into its genome and eventually return to its natural "common cold-like" state.
Sure, the research all could be false and I would be glad to read a dissenting study.
If it's correct, it would partially explain the higher case rates and lower death counts. It would also shatter their narrative to pieces.
I completely agree about the faulty testing methods and think that more attention should be placed on that given that the current narrative rides on these assumptions.
I have analyzed the CDC numbers and what I noticed is a higher U.S. total death count outside the standard deviation for the 2-4 week period during the peak of the so-called "pandemic".
The question is what caused those inflated numbers as you called them. Q suggests that it was more than lying.
I've seen no evidence outside the establishment narrative that disputes that assertion and all the evidence that I have seen suggests that it was due to deliberate actions far worse than lying.
Again, I'd be happy to read any dissenting evidence.