I rad articles like this and try to figure out why people lie so much. According to this article, with the figures more relevant to our current situation dating in 2017-18, it indicates that flu is here every year and past virus appearances are far more dangerous that C-19.
Putting out articles from on line colleges partnered with Wikipedia, known to blow things out of proportion or just flat lie, is a further disgrace to the journalist industry.
Besides, they still can’t identify over 30 viruses that already exist. But if we over-react, the sky will fall.
rwood