This is a bit of an irresponsible post. Depending on what kind of health care worker you I can see your perspective, however, being a critical care physician I can tell you that influenza kills many people. I have seen at least 100 cases this year of influenza with ARDS and requirement for mechanical ventilation. There was a particularly bad influenza about 5 years ago which put a lot of people in the ICU and there were a lot of deaths associated with it. I assure you that (to quote Mr. Biden) not a joke — influenza is a scary disease and can kill. The statistics are correct.
How much of that in patients you have seen is related to the cytokine storm issue? Or is there no way to really tell without autopsy, etc.