Not everyone gets infected with SARS-CoV-2 in a given season. Updated study shows the likelihood of dying with Covid if infected is even lower than earlier estimates.
July study: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.08.21260210v2
Dec study:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.08.21260210v1
Prof John Ioannidis of Stanford University
Pandemics ~ Data & Analytics (PANDA)