[dynoman]

Flu deaths are actually as high as 61k/yr in the US alone.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html

[11th_VA]

The flu attacks the upper respiratory system (nose and throat) and we have a vaccine for it. The Novel Coronavirus attacks the lower respiratory system (lungs) with viral pneumonia. That makes it about 10 times more deadly - but there are still too many unknowns to know how bad it will get.

[NELSON111]

>>>Flu deaths are actually as high as 61k/yr in the US alone.

Not by the second week in November - which is functionally where we are in this outbreak if you compare timelines. IN the second week in November - 6 weeks into the season - there were 2000 cases of the flu and 3 deaths according to the CDC.

6 weeks into the CV outbreak - there are 31K cases (at least) and 638 deaths.

So - given the two timelines side by side - what do you think another 13 weeks will bring?