See my last post how statistics can distort the truth. You have to look at the figures on a country-wide basis. In 2017-2018 season, approximately 80,000 Americans died fom seasonal flu. It was a particularly bad year. Usually the figures are 12000 to 56000. Regardless, you have to look at figures overall to get more meaningful appraisals.
Alan, can I respectfully suggest that you take your own advice?
The final figures for the 1918 Flu are in - of that we can be certain.
The final figures for the 2017-2018 flu are in and will not change.
The Covid-19 figures are
not in yet - in fact, we might not be anywhere near the end, we might not even be in the middle of it. This has only gone on for nearly four months.
Yet, you continue to keep looking at the Covid figures "overall" while each day they keep getting worse with another 8 months to go, can't you see that?