Actually, according to the numbers, covid spread wildly while flu was halted! (Mortality - The PIC mortality rate is the rate of deaths attributed to pneumonia, influenza, or COVID-19. This year, the majority of PIC deaths were due to COVID-19. 646 deaths were attributed to the flu.) If masking, distancing, and lockdowns halted the seasonal flu why didn't the same happen for covid?
Cancel culture censored the flu—easy peasy.