Swine f;u was very scary, a ton of middle age people 45 - 60 with very mild comorbidities dying in front of us. Nothing we did saved them. It was horrifying. You are correct in your assessment.
Was the death rate of the swine flu for any age group 15, 20, or even 25%? I don’t think so. Covid-19 has the potential to massacre the elderly. In my country, the death rate is 6.5% for those who are 65 - 74 years old, 16% for those who are 75 - 84 years old, 29% for those who are 85 or older.
I try to explain to some how bad it was with the MULTIPLE virus in America ten years ago and I get the WTF are you talking about look. Half this country is totally brain dead. The left knows it. This is why they are going full tilt.