Actually the flu has an average mortality of less than one tenth of one percent.
“ So far, 8,200 people have died and 140,000 people have been hospitalized during the 2019-2020 flu season, according to preliminary estimates from the CDC.‘
That’s 5.8%
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/1300-people-died-flu-year/story?id=67754182