You can’t compare this to the flu....
Oranges and Apples are both fruit but they are vastly different from each other.....
Take a look at China and Italy....this is what we’re trying to avoid. Heck just look at New York city...thousands there are positive and they’re hospitals are harried trying to keep up...that’s just ‘one’ city in our country.
1 out of 38 people in the U.S. live in NYC. Over 2,000 + people per sq mile pop density. Of course they’re going to have higher numbers. Most of the rest of the country is no where near and should not be under the same restrictions.