the USA deaths from influenza in 2018-2019 were 34,200 deaths from influenza
2017-2018 was 61,000 influenza-associated deaths
2016-2017 was 38,000 influenza-associated deaths
2015-2016 was 23,000 flu-associated deaths
So this was on average 39,050 -- 2017-2018 was an anomaly.
In the past 6 weeks there have been 42,514 deaths. This is already over the average yearly deaths from influenza and it is on track to be over the maximum number by mid-May
So no, this is not "the same as the flu" - whatever makes you think that?
reference here: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/2018-2019.html
“So no, this is not “the same as the flu” - whatever makes you think that?”
The total deaths from covid-19, this year, will be around 60,000. That’s around the number from the 2017 flue (80,000).
https://www.statnews.com/2018/09/26/cdc-us-flu-deaths-winter/
You might not like it (why?), but it’s true. Game over. Stop being duped.
(Flu deaths are always estimated, so they have a range each year. They are never sure of the actual number. And estimates go up and down, depending on who, and when, you ask. Why? Because it’s no big deal. Nobody thought it was critical to actually count, let alone “mitigate.”)