1960 around 180 million
1970 about 204-205 million
2020 we are around 330 million.
So we are about 1.6 times as large as 1970 and had about the same rate of deaths, but this is still early and this thing has been going through this summer like crap through a goose (to quote the old Patton movie). Arizona is a hot spot and they have had temps north of 110 for like the last month. TX/FL and other southern states have had large increases during the summer months.
Have you ever seen a flu do this in the Summer? I am 54 and I sure as heck have not.
We have immunity to the flu, COVID-19 is a novel virus. Once everyone gets COVID-19, herd immunity will kick in.