comparing apples to oranges.
the short time of the corena virus with the long time of a season of a different virus.
True -- for the wrong reason. The death rate of the regular flu this year in "confirmed" cases was almost 10%, much higher than Corona.
It's realistic possible that Corona is no more deadly than the regular flu. But, even if it is slightly more deadly, it's not going to kill half a million people and, since we're in March, it's not likely to kill 22,000.