CDC estimates are way off
Actual for 2018-19 as of Feb 19, 2019:
There have been 11,600 to 19,100 deaths so far.
A total of 34 influenza-associated pediatric deaths have been reported to CDC for this season.
For the 2017-2018 season, 185 pediatric flu deaths were reported.
Between 184,000 and 221,000 people have been hospitalized with the flu so far this season.
The CDC said the flu typically kills 12,000 to 56,000 people in the U.S. in a year.
“The number of deaths we’re seeing is a little bit surprising,” CDC epidemiologist Brendan Flannery told the Wall Street Journal. “It’s a reminder that flu can be severe.”
https://weather.com/health/cold-flu/news/2019-02-15-flu-season-vaccine-illnesses-deaths
How many of those ‘flu deaths’ and hospitalizations are really the initial cases of coronavirus that weren’t diagnosed because...no tests...?