There's a big difference between making it up and having a hunch from reading a bit, without the specific sources to hand. There's nothing wrong with that, you can go and do your own research if you want, don't expect me to do it for you.

It's pretty laughable for you to suggest that people can't just say what they want on the internet

"There's a big difference between making it up and having a hunch from reading a bit" - this is the laughable part, because they state a number in the article, so clearly a BIT of reading was the most that was done. Ha. If you're going to just throw out a random but plausible number for your argument's sake, you grab it from the article, if you've read far enough to see it.

Nah you were speaking higher than your hat

Alan:

Dozens of people died of COVID last year.

Beth:

You forking idiot, millions died, not dozens.

Alan:

Okay, so it's a lot of dozens. What's your problem?