[LouieFisk]

“It was estimated 29 million had the flu this year. The number of deaths due to the flu was 20,000.”
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Projected into CV19 and using the best percentage, real world (South Korea, .5 %) that translates to 145000 dead Americans.
Also, keep in mind the flu has a vaccine that lessens it’s severity and it’s been treated for many, many years - it’s not a stranger. Against CV19, the new kid on the block, there is no defense.

[Kazan]

The death rate in confirmed cases in South Korea is 0.7. The actual rate is lower than that. Maybe a lot lower.

And, you're assuming Corona won't die out in warmer weather.

[FreedomNotSafety]

Adjusting for population differences, that would put WhuFlu on par with the 1957 Asian flu. Which some people from that era do not remember.