[Vermont Lt]

That would be 3.5 million deaths in the US.

Not to be grim, but that’s probably 3 million on top of the normal death rates.

People are missing this statistic in their “don’t worry” attitudes.

[mrsmith]

"probably 3 million on top of the normal death rates"

We just don't need another 'flu'. Enough people die already.

[nerdgirl]

I don’t think people could even imagine a world where that many people they know perish from something like that. My brain can hardly get around it.

[21twelve]

3.5 million more deaths?

In 2017 there were about 2.8 million deaths in the USA. Flu and pneumonia around 55,000. Although I think in 2018(?) the flu deaths were around 90,000.