“...55,000 died from influenza AND pneumonia. So I’m assuming out of that 6515 is flu and the rest in pneumonia.”
“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), every year there are around 1 million Americans sent to the hospital with pneumonia, and about 50,000 die from the disease.” (5% die)
According to this, you would be correct.
So, when a year has passed or the number of deaths from COVID-19 can be projected for the year, remember to deduct 50,000 right off the top.
The drama, SHOCK, news media will not.
AND if you want to compare COVID-19 to “the flu”, you would also have to take off another 20,000 to 30,000 to determine how bad it actually was.
In short, COVID-19 will be worse than the “flu” only if more than 70,000 to 80,000 people DIE from Corona virus in a year.